GroundRules
14 CFR 125.315: Admission to flight deck.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 14—Aeronautics and Space
- CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
- SUBCHAPTER G—AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS
- PART 125—CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS: AIRCRAFT HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF 20 OR MORE PASSENGERS OR A MAXIMUM PAYLOAD CAPACITY OF 6,000 POUNDS OR MORE; AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT
- Subpart J—Flight Operations
(a) No person may admit any person to the flight deck of an airplane unless the person being admitted is—
(1) A crewmember;
(2) An FAA inspector or an authorized representative of the National Transportation Safety Board who is performing official duties; or
(3) Any person who has the permission of the pilot in command.
(b) No person may admit any person to the flight deck unless there is a seat available for the use of that person in the passenger compartment, except—
(1) An FAA inspector or an authorized representative of the Administrator or National Transportation Safety Board who is checking or observing flight operations; or
(2) A certificated airman employed by the certificate holder whose duties require an airman certificate.
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