Through what mechanisms do carriers make seating accommodations?

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) If you are a carrier that provides advance seat assignments to passengers ( (1) You may “block” an adequate number of the seats used to provide the seating accommodations required by § 382.81. (i) You must not assign these seats to passengers who do not meet the criteria of § 382.81 until 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight. (ii) At any time up until 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight, you must assign a seat meeting the requirements of this section to a passenger with a disability meeting one or more of the requirements of § 382.81 who requests it, at the time the passenger initially makes the request. (iii) If a passenger with a disability specified in § 382.81 does not make a request at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the flight, you must meet the passenger's request to the extent practicable, but you are not required to reassign a seat assigned to another passenger in order to do so. (2) You may designate an adequate number of the seats used to provide seating accommodations required by § 382.81 as “priority seats” for passengers with a disability. (i) You must provide notice that all passengers assigned these seats (other than passengers with a disability listed in § 382.81 of this part) are subject to being reassigned to another seat if necessary to provide a seating accommodation required by this section. (ii) You may provide this notice through your computer reservation system, verbal information provided by res

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 382.83