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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 91.523
(1)
Smoking. Each passenger shall be
briefed on when, where, and under what
conditions smoking is prohibited. This
briefing shall include a statement, as
appropriate, that the Federal Aviation
Regulations require passenger compli-
ance with lighted passenger informa-
tion signs and no smoking placards,
prohibit smoking in lavatories, and re-
quire compliance with crewmember in-
structions with regard to these items;
(2)
Use of safety belts and shoulder har-
nesses. Each passenger shall be briefed
on when, where, and under what condi-
tions it is necessary to have his or her
safety belt and, if installed, his or her
shoulder harness fastened about him or
her. This briefing shall include a state-
ment, as appropriate, that Federal
Aviation Regulations require passenger
compliance with the lighted passenger
sign and/or crewmember instructions
with regard to these items;
(3) Location and means for opening
the passenger entry door and emer-
gency exits;
(4) Location of survival equipment;
(5) Ditching procedures and the use of
flotation equipment required under
§ 91.509 for a flight over water; and
(6) The normal and emergency use of
oxygen equipment installed on the air-
plane.
(b) The oral briefing required by
paragraph (a) of this section shall be
given by the pilot in command or a
member of the crew, but need not be
given when the pilot in command de-
termines that the passengers are famil-
iar with the contents of the briefing. It
may be supplemented by printed cards
for the use of each passenger con-
taining—
(1) A diagram of, and methods of op-
erating, the emergency exits; and
(2) Other instructions necessary for
use of emergency equipment.
(c) Each card used under paragraph
(b) must be carried in convenient loca-
tions on the airplane for the use of
each passenger and must contain infor-
mation that is pertinent only to the
type and model airplane on which it is
used.
(d) For operations under subpart K of
this part, the passenger briefing re-
quirements of § 91.1035 apply, instead of
the requirements of paragraphs (a)
through (c) of this section.
[Doc. No. 18334, 54 FR 34314, Aug. 18, 1989, as
amended by Amdt. 91–231, 57 FR 42672, Sept.
15, 1992; Amdt. 91–280, 68 FR 54561, Sept. 17,
2003]
§ 91.521
Shoulder harness.
(a) No person may operate a trans-
port category airplane that was type
certificated after January 1, 1958, un-
less it is equipped at each seat at a
flight deck station with a combined
safety belt and shoulder harness that
meets the applicable requirements
specified in § 25.785 of this chapter, ex-
cept that—
(1) Shoulder harnesses and combined
safety belt and shoulder harnesses that
were approved and installed before
March 6, 1980, may continue to be used;
and
(2) Safety belt and shoulder harness
restraint systems may be designed to
the inertia load factors established
under the certification basis of the air-
plane.
(b) No person may operate a trans-
port category airplane unless it is
equipped at each required flight at-
tendant seat in the passenger compart-
ment with a combined safety belt and
shoulder harness that meets the appli-
cable requirements specified in § 25.785
of this chapter, except that—
(1) Shoulder harnesses and combined
safety belt and shoulder harnesses that
were approved and installed before
March 6, 1980, may continue to be used;
and
(2) Safety belt and shoulder harness
restraint systems may be designed to
the inertia load factors established
under the certification basis of the air-
plane.
§ 91.523
Carry-on baggage.
No pilot in command of an airplane
having a seating capacity of more than
19 passengers may permit a passenger
to stow baggage aboard that airplane
except—
(a) In a suitable baggage or cargo
storage compartment, or as provided in
§ 91.525; or
(b) Under a passenger seat in such a
way that it will not slide forward under
crash impacts severe enough to induce
the ultimate inertia forces specified in
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