Flight attendant requirements during passenger boarding and deplaning.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) During passenger boarding, on each airplane for which more than one flight attendant is required by § 121.391, the certificate holder may: (1) Reduce the number of required flight attendants by one, provided that: (i) The flight attendant that leaves the aircraft remains within the immediate vicinity of the door through which passengers are boarding; (ii) The flight attendant that leaves the aircraft only conducts safety duties related to the flight being boarded; (iii) The airplane engines are shut down; and (iv) At least one floor level exit remains open to provide for passenger egress; or (2) Substitute a pilot or flight engineer employed by the certificate holder and trained and qualified on that type airplane for one flight attendant, provided the certificate holder— (i) Describes in the manual required by § 121.133: (A) The necessary functions to be performed by the substitute pilot or flight engineer in an emergency, to include a situation requiring an emergency evacuation. The certificate holder must show those functions are realistic, can be practically accomplished, and will meet any reasonably anticipated emergency; and (B) How other regulatory functions performed by a flight attendant will be accomplished by the substitute pilot or flight engineer on the airplane. (ii) Ensures that the following requirements are met: (A) The substitute pilot or flight engineer is not assigned to operate the flight for which that person is substituting for a required flight att

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 121.394