Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118:reg:6:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 9/13)
Character Range: 106639–109388

be safely accommodated on the flight without causing a hazard to any other passenger or person on the aircraft.
       (3) The passenger must be positioned in the basket or gondola of the aircraft so as to not impede the exit of any other passenger or person on board the aircraft in the event of an emergency.
       (4) A person who requires the use of a wheelchair may only be carried:
(a) in a basket that is constructed and equipped, in accordance with the AFM, for the safe carriage of such a person (a suitable basket); and
(b) in accordance with the procedures for carriage of such a person specified in the AFM.
       (5) If the suitable basket has been constructed with a door to allow passenger ingress and egress, the pilot in command must ensure that:
(a) a crew member closes and secures the door before flight, in accordance with the procedures in the AFM; and
(b) except in an emergency on the ground, only a crew member may open the door.
Note   Subsection 23.02 (6) also contains safety briefing requirements for persons requiring assistance.

22.03 Requirements — balloon transport operators
        Without affecting section 22.02, the exposition of a balloon transport operator must contain procedures for the following:
(a) the risk assessment and management of a passenger who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability (the passenger);
(b) the carriage of a passenger who requires the use of a wheelchair, in a basket of a kind mentioned in paragraph 22.02 (4) (a);
(c) the operation and securing of a door mentioned in subsection 22.02 (5);
(d) the assessment of flight weather conditions;
(e) the assessment of any other flight conditions that may affect the safety of the balloon transport operation.

CHAPTER 23 PASSENGERS — SAFETY BRIEFINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS

23.01 Purpose
       (1) For subregulation 131.410 (1), this Chapter prescribes the matters that must be included in the safety briefing and instructions for a passenger before a Part 131 aircraft takes off for a flight.
       (2) For subregulation 131.410 (2), this Chapter prescribes:
(a) the circumstances during the flight in which a safety briefing and instructions must be given to a passenger; and
(b) the matters that must be included in the safety briefing and instructions for the circumstances.

23.02 Safety briefing and instructions before take-off
       (1) For paragraph 131.410 (2) (a), a safety briefing or instructions mentioned in this section must be given to a passenger before the Part 131 aircraft takes off for a flight.
       (2) The safety briefing or instructions must:
(a) take the form of a verbal briefing and related demonstration about safety matters for the flight; and
(b) be given in a way that ensures the