---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.315"
title: "14"
number: "125.315"
heading: "Admission to flight deck."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.315"
---

# §125.315. Admission to flight deck.

- (a) No person may admit any person to the flight deck of an airplane unless the person being admitted is—
  - (1) A crewmember;
  - (2) An FAA inspector or an authorized representative of the National Transportation Safety Board who is performing official duties; or
  - (3) **Any person who has the permission of the pilot in command.**
- (b) No person may admit any person to the flight deck unless there is a seat available for the use of that person in the passenger compartment, except—
  - (1) An FAA inspector or an authorized representative of the Administrator or National Transportation Safety Board who is checking or observing flight operations; or
  - (2) **A certificated airman employed by the certificate holder whose duties require an airman certificate.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.