Part 121 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Larger Aeroplanes) Manual of Standards 2020
8.01Safety briefing cards
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8.01 Safety briefing cards
(1A) This section: (a) is made for paragraph 121.280(3)(a) of CASR; and (b) prescribes information that must be included in the safety briefing card for an aeroplane and a flight. (1) A safety briefing card for an aeroplane and a flight must include the following information: (a) how to use and adjust seatbelts (other than extension belts); (b) if the aeroplane’s seats (or berths) are adjustable—when to adjust the back of the seat (or berth) to an upright position or other position permitted by the aircraft flight manual instructions for the aeroplane; (c) if the aeroplane’s seats have attachments (for example, tray tables or footrests)—when the attachment must be in its stowed position; (d) if the aeroplane has an attachment, permanently fixed on an interior cabin structure, that is intended to be manipulated or used by passengers during flight (for example, a tray table or bassinet)—when the attachment must be in its stowed position; (e) where to stow, or otherwise secure, carry-on baggage and personal effects, and the periods during flight when these items must be stowed or secured; (f) where the emergency exits are located, and how to use them; (g) if the aeroplane is equipped with an escape path lighting system—the form, function, colour and location of the system; (h) how to assume the brace position, including the position for passengers with infants; (i) the information mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to equipment mentioned in the provision that is required to be carried on the aeroplane for the flight under Chapter 11; (j) that smoking is not permitted during the flight. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(i), the information is: (a) if passenger operated equipment to dispense oxygen is required to be carried under Division 9 of Chapter 11—the location of the equipment and how to use it; and (b) if life jackets are required to be carried on the aeroplane under section 11.59: (i) where life jackets (other than infant life jackets) are located; and (ii) how to use life jackets (including infant life jackets); and (c) if life rafts are required to be carried on the aeroplane under section 11.62—where they are located and how to use them during the initial evacuation of the aeroplane.