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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition)
§ 135.119
require passenger compliance with
lighted passenger information signs
and crewmember instructions con-
cerning the use of safety belts.
(3) The placement of seat backs in an
upright position before takeoff and
landing;
(4) Location and means for opening
the passenger entry door and emer-
gency exits;
(5) Location of survival equipment;
(6) If the flight involves extended
overwater operation, ditching proce-
dures and the use of required flotation
equipment;
(7) If the flight involves operations
above 12,000 feet MSL, the normal and
emergency use of oxygen; and
(8) Location and operation of fire ex-
tinguishers.
(9) If a rotorcraft operation involves
flight beyond autorotational distance
from the shoreline, as defined in
§ 135.168(a), use of life preservers, ditch-
ing procedures and emergency exit
from the rotorcraft in the event of a
ditching; and the location and use of
life rafts and other life preserver de-
vices if applicable.
(b) Before each takeoff the pilot in
command shall ensure that each person
who may need the assistance of an-
other person to move expeditiously to
an exit if an emergency occurs and
that person’s attendant, if any, has re-
ceived a briefing as to the procedures
to be followed if an evacuation occurs.
This paragraph does not apply to a per-
son who has been given a briefing be-
fore a previous leg of a flight in the
same aircraft.
(c) The oral briefing required by
paragraph (a) of this section shall be
given by the pilot in command or a
crewmember.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph (c) of this section, for air-
craft certificated to carry 19 passengers
or less, the oral briefing required by
paragraph (a) of this section shall be
given by the pilot in command, a crew-
member, or other qualified person des-
ignated by the certificate holder and
approved by the Administrator.
(e) The oral briefing required by
paragraph (a) of this section must be
supplemented by printed cards which
must be carried in the aircraft in loca-
tions convenient for the use of each
passenger. The cards must—
(1) Be appropriate for the aircraft on
which they are to be used;
(2) Contain a diagram of, and method
of operating, the emergency exits;
(3) Contain other instructions nec-
essary for the use of emergency equip-
ment on board the aircraft; and
(4) No later than June 12, 2005, for
scheduled Commuter passenger-car-
rying flights, include the sentence,
‘‘Final assembly of this aircraft was
completed in [INSERT NAME OF
COUNTRY].’’
(f) The briefing required by para-
graph (a) may be delivered by means of
an approved recording playback device
that is audible to each passenger under
normal noise levels.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–9, 51 FR 40709, Nov. 7,
1986; Amdt. 135–25, 53 FR 12362, Apr. 13, 1988;
Amdt. 135–44, 57 FR 42675, Sept. 15, 1992; 57
FR 43776, Sept. 22, 1992; 69 FR 39294, June 29,
2004; Amdt. 135–129, 79 FR 9973, Feb. 21, 2014]
§ 135.119
Prohibition against carriage
of weapons.
No person may, while on board an
aircraft being operated by a certificate
holder, carry on or about that person a
deadly or dangerous weapon, either
concealed or unconcealed. This section
does not apply to—
(a) Officials or employees of a mu-
nicipality or a State, or of the United
States, who are authorized to carry
arms; or
(b) Crewmembers and other persons
authorized by the certificate holder to
carry arms.
§ 135.120
Prohibition on interference
with crewmembers.
No person may assault, threaten, in-
timidate, or interfere with a crew-
member in the performance of the
crewmember’s duties aboard an air-
craft being operated under this part.
[Doc. No. FAA–1998–4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7,
1999]
§ 135.121
Alcoholic beverages.
(a) No person may drink any alco-
holic beverage aboard an aircraft un-
less the certificate holder operating
the aircraft has served that beverage.
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