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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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