--- kind: "section" citation: "14 C.F.R. § 121.583" title: "14" number: "121.583" heading: "Carriage of persons without compliance with the passenger-carrying requirements of this part." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/121.583" --- # §121.583. Carriage of persons without compliance with the passenger-carrying requirements of this part. - (a) When authorized by the certificate holder, the following persons, but no others, may be carried aboard an airplane without complying with the passenger-carrying airplane requirements in §§ [121.309(f)](/cfr/14/121.309.md?p=f), [121.310](/cfr/14/121.310.md), [121.391](/cfr/14/121.391.md), [121.571](/cfr/14/121.571.md), and [121.587](/cfr/14/121.587.md); the passenger-carrying operation requirements in [part 117](/cfr/14/part117.md) and §§ [121.157(c)](/cfr/14/121.157.md?p=c) and [121.291](/cfr/14/121.291.md); the requirements pertaining to passengers in §§ [121.285](/cfr/14/121.285.md), [121.313(f)](/cfr/14/121.313.md?p=f), [121.317](/cfr/14/121.317.md), [121.547](/cfr/14/121.547.md), and [121.573](/cfr/14/121.573.md); and the information disclosure requirements in [§ 121.311(k)](/cfr/14/121.311.md?p=k): - (1) **A crewmember.** - (2) **A company employee.** - (3) An FAA air carrier inspector, a DOD commercial air carrier evaluator, or an authorized representative of the National Transportation Safety Board, who is performing official duties. - (4) **A person necessary for—** - (i) The safety of the flight; - (ii) The safe handling of animals; - (iii) The safe handling of hazardous materials whose carriage is governed by regulations in [49 CFR part 175](/cfr/49/part175.md); - (iv) The security of valuable or confidential cargo; - (v) The preservation of fragile or perishable cargo; - (vi) Experiments on, or testing of, cargo containers or cargo handling devices; - (vii) The operation of special equipment for loading or unloading cargo; and - (viii) **The loading or unloading of outsize cargo.** - (5) **A person described in paragraph (a)(4) of this section, when traveling to or from his assignment.** - (6) A person performing duty as an honor guard accompanying a shipment made by or under the authority of the United States. - (7) A military courier, military route supervisor, military cargo contract coordinator, or a flight crewmember of another military cargo contract air carrier or commercial operator, carried by a military cargo contract air carrier or commercial operator in operations under a military cargo contract, if that carriage is specifically authorized by the appropriate armed forces. - (8) A dependent of an employee of the certificate holder when traveling with the employee on company business to or from outlying stations not served by adequate regular passenger flights. - (b) No certificate holder may operate an airplane carrying a person covered by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section unless— - (1) Each person has unobstructed access from his seat to the pilot compartment or to a regular or emergency exit; - (2) The pilot in command has a means of notifying each person when smoking is prohibited and when safety belts must be fastened; and - (3) **The airplane has an approved seat with an approved safety belt for each person.** The seat must be located so that the occupant is not in any position to interfere with the flight crewmembers performing their duties. - (c) Before each takeoff, each certificate holder operating an airplane carrying persons covered by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall ensure that all such persons have been orally briefed by the appropriate crewmember on— - (1) Smoking; - (2) The use of seat belts; - (3) The location and operation of emergency exits; - (4) The use of oxygen and emergency oxygen equipment; and - (5) For extended overwater operations, the location of life rafts, and the location and operation of life preservers including a demonstration of the method of donning and inflating a life preserver. - (d) Each certificate holder operating an airplane carrying persons covered by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall incorporate procedures for the safe carriage of such persons into the certificate holder's operations manual. - (e) The pilot in command may authorize a person covered by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to be admitted to the crew compartment of the airplane. ## Notes ### Amendments [Docket 10580, 35 FR 14612, Sept. 18, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 121-96, 37 FR 19608, Sept. 21, 1972; Amdt. 121-159, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 1980; Amdt. 121-232, 57 FR 48663, Oct. 27, 1992; Amdt. 121-251, 60 FR 65935, Dec. 20, 1995; Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2614, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt. 121-298, 68 FR 41217, July 10, 2003; Amdt. 121-357, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4, 2012; Amdt. 121-373, 80 FR 58586, Sept. 30, 2015] ### Source Source: Docket 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted. ### Authority Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note added by Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 89, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44729, 44732; 46105; Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note); Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note). ### Amendments [Docket 10580, 35 FR 14612, Sept. 18, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 121-96, 37 FR 19608, Sept. 21, 1972; Amdt. 121-159, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 1980; Amdt. 121-232, 57 FR 48663, Oct. 27, 1992; Amdt. 121-251, 60 FR 65935, Dec. 20, 1995; Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2614, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt. 121-298, 68 FR 41217, July 10, 2003; Amdt. 121-357, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4, 2012; Amdt. 121-373, 80 FR 58586, Sept. 30, 2015]