---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.85"
title: "14"
number: "135.85"
heading: "Carriage of persons without compliance with the passenger-carrying provisions of this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.85"
---

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


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

- (a) **A crewmember or other employee of the certificate holder.**
- (b) **A person necessary for the safe handling of animals on the aircraft.**
- (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 air carrier or commercial operator in operations under a military cargo contract, 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, who is performing a duty connected with a cargo operation of the certificate holder.
- (h) **A DOD commercial air carrier evaluator conducting an en route evaluation.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 135-88, 68 FR 41218, July 10, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 41706, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722, 44730, 45101-45105; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730).

### Source

Source: Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 135-88, 68 FR 41218, July 10, 2003]