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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 121.575 

(Q) Precision Medical EasyPulse; 
(R) Respironics EverGo; 
(S) Respironics SimplyGo; 
(T) SeQual Eclipse; 
(U) SeQual eQuinox Oxygen System 

(model 4000); 

(V) SeQual Oxywell Oxygen System 

(model 4000); 

(W) SeQual SAROS; and 
(X) VBox Trooper Oxygen Concen-

trator. 

(2) 

Operating requirements. 

Portable 

oxygen concentrators that satisfy the 
acceptance criteria identified in para-
graph (e)(1) of this section may be car-
ried or operated by a passenger on an 
aircraft provided the aircraft operator 
ensures that all of the conditions in 
this paragraph (e)(2) are satisfied: 

(i) 

Exit seats. 

No person operating a 

portable oxygen concentrator is per-
mitted to occupy an exit seat. 

(ii) 

Stowage of device. 

During move-

ment on the surface, takeoff and land-
ing, the device must be stowed under 
the seat in front of the user, or in an-
other approved stowage location so 
that it does not block the aisle way or 
the entryway to the row. If the device 
is to be operated by the user, it must 
be operated only at a seat location that 
does not restrict any passenger’s access 
to, or use of, any required emergency 
or regular exit, or the aisle(s) in the 
passenger compartment. 

[Doc. No. 12169, 39 FR 42677, Dec. 6, 1974, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–159, 45 FR 41594, June 
19, 1980; Docket FAA–2014–0554, Amdt. 121– 
374, 81 FR 33118, May 24, 2016] 

§ 121.575 Alcoholic beverages. 

(a) No person may drink any alco-

holic beverage aboard an aircraft un-
less the certificate holder operating 
the aircraft has served that beverage to 
him. 

(b) No certificate holder may serve 

any alcoholic beverage to any person 
aboard any of its aircraft who— 

(1) Appears to be intoxicated; 
(2) Is escorting a person or being es-

corted in accordance with 49 CFR 
1544.221; or 

(3) Has a deadly or dangerous weapon 

accessible to him while aboard the air-
craft in accordance with 49 CFR 
1544.219, 1544.221, or 1544.223. 

(c) No certificate holder may allow 

any person to board any of its aircraft 

if that person appears to be intoxi-
cated. 

(d) Each certificate holder shall, 

within five days after the incident, re-
port to the Administrator the refusal 
of any person to comply with para-
graph (a) of this section, or of any dis-
turbance caused by a person who ap-
pears to be intoxicated aboard any of 
its aircraft. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–118, 40 FR 17552, Apr. 
21, 1975; Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 
1982; Amdt. 121–275, 67 FR 31932, May 10, 2002] 

§ 121.576 Retention of items of mass in 

passenger and crew compartments. 

The certificate holder must provide 

and use means to prevent each item of 
galley equipment and each serving 
cart, when not in use, and each item of 
crew baggage, which is carried in a pas-
senger or crew compartment from be-
coming a hazard by shifting under the 
appropriate load factors corresponding 
to the emergency landing conditions 
under which the airplane was type cer-
tificated. 

[Doc. No. 16383, 43 FR 22648, May 25, 1978] 

§ 121.577 Stowage of food, beverage, 

and passenger service equipment 
during airplane movement on the 
surface, takeoff, and landing. 

(a) No certificate holder may move 

an airplane on the surface, take off, or 
land when any food, beverage, or table-
ware furnished by the certificate hold-
er is located at any passenger seat. 

(b) No certificate holder may move 

an airplane on the surface, take off, or 
land unless each food and beverage 
tray and seat back tray table is se-
cured in its stowed position. 

(c) No certificate holder may permit 

an airplane to move on the surface, 
take off, or land unless each passenger 
serving cart is secured in its stowed po-
sition. 

(d) No certificate holder may permit 

an airplane to move on the surface, 
take off, or land unless each movie 
screen that extends into an aisle is 
stowed. 

(e) Each passenger shall comply with 

instructions given by a crewmember