---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.331"
title: "14"
number: "125.331"
heading: "Carriage of persons without compliance with the passenger-carrying provisions of this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.331"
---

# §125.331. Carriage of persons without compliance with the passenger-carrying provisions of this part.


The following persons may be carried aboard an airplane without complying with the passenger-carrying requirements of this part:

- (a) **A crewmember.**
- (b) **A person necessary for the safe handling of animals on the airplane.**
- (c) A person necessary for the safe handling of hazardous materials (as defined in subchapter C of [title 49 CFR](/cfr/49.md)).
- (d) A person performing duty as a security or honor guard accompanying a shipment made by or under the authority of the U.S. Government.
- (e) A military courier or a military route supervisor carried by a military cargo contract operator if that carriage is specifically authorized by the appropriate military service.
- (f) **An authorized representative of the Administrator conducting an en route inspection.**
- (g) **A person authorized by the Administrator.**

## 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.