---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 250.7"
title: "14"
number: "250.7"
heading: "Provision to implement the Transparency Improvements and Compensation to Keep Every Ticketholder Safe Act of 2018."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/250.7"
---

# §250.7. Provision to implement the Transparency Improvements and Compensation to Keep Every Ticketholder Safe Act of 2018.

- (a) **Boarded passengers.** A covered air carrier may not deny a revenue passenger traveling on a confirmed reservation permission to board, or involuntarily remove that passenger from the aircraft, once a revenue passenger has:
  - (1) Checked in for the flight prior to the check-in deadline; and
  - (2) **Had their ticket or boarding pass collected or electronically scanned and accepted by the gate agent.**
- (b) **Limitations.** The prohibition pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall not apply when:
  - (1) There is a safety, security, or health risk with respect to that revenue passenger or there is a safety or security issue requiring removal of a revenue passenger; or
  - (2) **The revenue passenger is engaging in behavior that is obscene, disruptive, or otherwise unlawful.**
- (c) **Rule of construction.** Nothing in this section may be construed to limit or otherwise affect the responsibility or authority of a pilot in command of an aircraft under [14 CFR 121.533](/cfr/14/121.533.md), or limit any penalty under [section 46504](/usc/49/46504.md) of title 49, United States Code.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2020-0251, 86 FR 2538, Jan. 13, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41102, 41301, 41708, 41709, and 41712.

### Source

Source: ER-1306, 47 FR 52985, Nov. 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2020-0251, 86 FR 2538, Jan. 13, 2021]