---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 136.7"
title: "14"
number: "136.7"
heading: "Passenger briefings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/136.7"
---

# §136.7. Passenger briefings.

- (a) Before takeoff each pilot in command shall ensure that each passenger has been briefed on the following:
  - (1) Procedures for fastening and unfastening seatbelts;
  - (2) Prohibition on smoking; and
  - (3) **Procedures for opening exits and exiting the aircraft.**
- (b) For flight segments over water beyond the shoreline, briefings must also include:
  - (1) Procedures for water ditching;
  - (2) Use of required life preservers; and
  - (3) **Procedures for emergency exit from the aircraft in the event of a water landing.**
- (c) If any passengers on board a flight conducted under this part are secured with a supplemental restraint system, the pilot in command of that flight must ensure those passengers are briefed in accordance with [§ 91.108(g)](/cfr/14/91.108.md?p=g) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4521, 72 FR 6912, Feb. 13, 2007, as amended by Docket FAA-2023-2250, Amdt. 136-3, 89 FR 67850, Aug. 22, 2024]

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-1998-4521, 72 FR 6912, Feb. 13, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903-44904, 44912, 46105.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2001-8690, 67 FR 65667, Oct. 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4521, 72 FR 6912, Feb. 13, 2007, as amended by Docket FAA-2023-2250, Amdt. 136-3, 89 FR 67850, Aug. 22, 2024]