Volume: 3Date: 2022-01-01Original Date: 2022-01-01Title: Section 135.295 - Initial and recurrent flight attendant crewmember testing requirements.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED). SUBCHAPTER G - AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS. PART 135 - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND ON DEMAND OPERATIONS AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT. Subpart G - Crewmember Testing Requirements.
§ 135.295Initial and recurrent flight attendant crewmember testing requirements.No certificate holder may use a flight attendant crewmember, nor may any person serve as a flight attendant crewmember unless, since the beginning of the 12th calendar month before that service, the certificate holder has determined by appropriate initial and recurrent testing that the person is knowledgeable and competent in the following areas as appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities—
(a) Authority of the pilot in command;
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(b) Passenger handling, including procedures to be followed in handling deranged persons or other persons whose conduct might jeopardize safety;(c) Crewmember assignments, functions, and responsibilities during ditching and evacuation of persons who may need the assistance of another person to move expeditiously to an exit in an emergency;(d) Briefing of passengers;(e) Location and operation of portable fire extinguishers and other items of emergency equipment;(f) Proper use of cabin equipment and controls;(g) Location and operation of passenger oxygen equipment;(h) Location and operation of all normal and emergency exits, including evacuation chutes and escape ropes; and(i) Seating of persons who may need assistance of another person to move rapidly to an exit in an emergency as prescribed by the certificate holder's operations manual.