Part 22CARRIAGE OF PERSONS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE

CHAPTER 22 CARRIAGE OF PERSONS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE

22.01 Purpose

For paragraph 131.405 (1) (b), this Chapter prescribes requirements relating to carriage on a flight of a Part 131 aircraft of a person who is likely to require assistance.

22.02 Requirements – persons requiring assistance – any Part 131 aircraft

(1) A Part 131 aircraft must not carry on a flight a person who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability (the passenger) unless the requirements of this section are complied with.

(2) The pilot in command must be satisfied that the passenger can 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.