Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 135.129

(1) Locate the emergency exit;
(2) Recognize the emergency exit
opening mechanism;
(3) Comprehend the instructions for
operating the emergency exit;
(4) Operate the emergency exit;
(5) Assess whether opening the emergency exit will increase the hazards to
which passengers may be exposed;
(6) Follow oral directions and hand
signals given by a crewmember;
(7) Stow or secure the emergency exit
door so that it will not impede use of
the exit;
(8) Assess the condition of an escape
slide, activate the slide, and stabilize
the slide after deployment to assist
others in getting off the slide;
(9) Pass expeditiously through the
emergency exit; and
(10) Assess, select, and follow a safe
path away from the emergency exit.
(e) Each certificate holder shall include on passenger information cards,
at each exit seat - 
(1) In the primary language in which
emergency commands are given by the
crew, the selection criteria set forth in
paragraph (b) of this section, and a request that a passenger identify himself
or herself to allow reseating if he or
she - 
(i) Cannot meet the selection criteria
set forth in paragraph (b) of this section;
(ii) Has a nondiscernible condition
that will prevent him or her from performing the applicable functions listed
in paragraph (d) of this section;
(iii) May suffer bodily harm as the result of performing one or more of those
functions; or
(iv) Does not wish to perform those
functions; and,
(2) In each language used by the certificate holder for passenger information cards, a request that a passenger
identify himself or herself to allow reseating if he or she lacks the ability to
read, speak, or understand the language or the graphic form in which instructions required by this section and
related to emergency evacuation are
provided by the certificate holder, or
the ability to understand the specified
language in which crew commands will
be given in an emergency;

(3) May suffer bodily harm as the result of performing one or more of those
functions; or,
(4) Does not wish to perform those
functions.
A certificate holder shall not require
the passenger to disclose his or her reason for needing reseating.
(f) Each certificate holder shall make
available for inspection by the public
at all passenger loading gates and ticket counters at each airport where it
conducts passenger operations, written
procedures established for making determinations in regard to exit row
seating.
(g) No certificate holder may allow
taxi or pushback unless at least one required crewmember has verified that
no exit seat is occupied by a person the
crewmember determines is likely to be
unable to perform the applicable functions listed in paragraph (d) of this section.
(h) Each certificate holder shall include in its passenger briefings a reference to the passenger information
cards, required by paragraphs (d) and
(e), the selection criteria set forth in
paragraph (b), and the functions to be
performed, set forth in paragraph (d) of
this section.
(i) Each certificate holder shall include in its passenger briefings a request that a passenger identify himself
or herself to allow reseating if he or
she - 
(1) Cannot meet the selection criteria
set forth in paragraph (b) of this section;
(2) Has a nondiscernible condition
that will prevent him or her from performing the applicable functions listed
in paragraph (d) of this section;
(3) May suffer bodily harm as the result of performing one or more of those
functions; or,
(4) Does not wish to perform those
functions.
A certificate holder shall not require
the passenger to disclose his or her reason for needing reseating.
(j) [Reserved]
(k) In the event a certificate holder
determines in accordance with this section that it is likely that a passenger
assigned to an exit seat would be unable to perform the functions listed in

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