---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.533"
title: "14"
number: "91.533"
heading: "Flight attendant requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.533"
---

# §91.533. Flight attendant requirements.

- (a) No person may operate an airplane unless at least the following number of flight attendants are on board the airplane:
  - (1) **For airplanes having more than 19 but less than 51 passengers on board, one flight attendant.**
  - (2) **For airplanes having more than 50 but less than 101 passengers on board, two flight attendants.**
  - (3) For airplanes having more than 100 passengers on board, two flight attendants plus one additional flight attendant for each unit (or part of a unit) of 50 passengers above 100.
- (b) No person may serve as a flight attendant on an airplane when required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section unless that person has demonstrated to the pilot in command familiarity with the necessary functions to be performed in an emergency or a situation requiring emergency evacuation and is capable of using the emergency equipment installed on that airplane.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket 18334, 54 FR 34314, Aug. 18, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715,44716, 44717, 44722, 44740, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508,47528-47531, 47534; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 828, Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180.