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§ 121.393 

(9) Any other factors he determines 

are relevant in the interest of safety. 

(c) Operations where a flight navi-

gator or special navigation equipment, 
or both, are required are specified in 
the operations specifications of the air 
carrier or commercial operator. 

[Doc. No. 10204, 37 FR 6464, Mar. 30, 1972, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 
29, 1982] 

§ 121.391 Flight attendants. 

(a) Except as specified in § 121.393 and 

§ 121.394, each certificate holder must 
provide at least the following flight at-
tendants on board each passenger-car-
rying airplane when passengers are on 
board: 

(1) For airplanes having a maximum 

payload capacity of more than 7,500 
pounds and having a seating capacity 
of more than 9 but less than 51 pas-
sengers—one flight attendant. 

(2) For airplanes having a maximum 

payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less 
and having a seating capacity of more 
than 19 but less than 51 passengers— 
one flight attendant. 

(3) For airplanes having a seating ca-

pacity of more than 50 but less than 101 
passengers—two flight attendants. 

(4) For airplanes having a seating ca-

pacity of more than 100 passengers— 
two flight attendants plus one addi-
tional flight attendant for each unit 
(or part of a unit) of 50 passenger seats 
above a seating capacity of 100 pas-
sengers. 

(b) If, in conducting the emergency 

evacuation demonstration required 
under § 121.291 (a) or (b), the certificate 
holder used more flight attendants 
than is required under paragraph (a) of 
this section for the maximum seating 
capacity of the airplane used in the 
demonstration, he may not, thereafter, 
take off that airplane— 

(1) In its maximum seating capacity 

configuration with fewer flight attend-
ants than the number used during the 
emergency evacuation demonstration; 
or 

(2) In any reduced seating capacity 

configuration with fewer flight attend-
ants than the number required by para-
graph (a) of this section for that seat-
ing capacity plus the number of flight 
attendants used during the emergency 
evacuation demonstration that were in 

excess of those required under para-
graph (a) of this section. 

(c) The number of flight attendants 

approved under paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of this section are set forth in the cer-
tificate holder’s operations specifica-
tions. 

(d) During takeoff and landing, flight 

attendants required by this section 
shall be located as near as practicable 
to required floor level exits and shall 
be uniformly distributed throughout 
the airplane in order to provide the 
most effective egress of passengers in 
event of an emergency evacuation. 
During taxi, flight attendants required 
by this section must remain at their 
duty stations with safety belts and 
shoulder harnesses fastened except to 
perform duties related to the safety of 
the airplane and its occupants. 

[Doc. No. 2033, 30 FR 3206, Mar. 9, 1965] 

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tations affecting § 121.391, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 121.392 Personnel identified as flight 

attendants. 

(a) Any person identified by the cer-

tificate holder as a flight attendant on 
an aircraft in operations under this 
part must be trained and qualified in 
accordance with subparts N and O of 
this part. This includes: 

(1) Flight attendants provided by the 

certificate holder in excess of the num-
ber required by § 121.391(a); and 

(2) Flight attendants provided by the 

certificate holder when flight attend-
ants are not required by § 121.391(a). 

(b) A qualifying flight attendant who 

is receiving operating experience on an 
aircraft in operations under subpart O 
of this part must be identified to pas-
sengers as a qualifying flight attend-
ant. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2008–0677, 78 FR 67836, Nov. 12, 
2013] 

§ 121.393 Crewmember requirements 

at stops where passengers remain 

on board. 

At stops where passengers remain on 

board, the certificate holder must meet 
the following requirements: 

(a) On each airplane for which a 

flight attendant is not required by