Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations—Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020
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7.01 Safety briefing card
(1) For paragraph 133.235(4)(a) of CASR, the following information is prescribed: (a) how to use and adjust seatbelts (other than extension belts); (b) if the rotorcraft’s seats are adjustable — when to adjust the back of the seat to an upright position, or other position permitted by the rotorcraft’s aircraft flight manual instructions; (c) if the rotorcraft’s seats have attachments (for example, tray tables or footrests) — when the attachment must be in its stowed position; (d) if the rotorcraft has an attachment, permanently fixed on an interior cabin structure, which 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 rotorcraft 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 rotorcraft 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, and worn, on the rotorcraft under section 11.49: (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 rotorcraft under section 11.50 — where they are located and how to use them during an initial evacuation of the rotorcraft.