Requirements

Emergency Exit Seating Requirements

The following requirements were created for the safety of everyone onboard our aircraft, and in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.

Civil Aviation regulations require that a Customer select a non-exit seat if he or she cannot or does not wish to perform the following functions:

  • Locate the emergency exit
  • Recognize the emergency exit opening mechanism
  • Comprehend the instructions for operating the emergency exit
  • Operate the emergency exit
  • Assess whether opening the emergency exit will increase the hazards to which passengers may be exposed
  • Follow oral directions and hand signals given by a crewmember
  • Secure the emergency exit window so that it will not impede use of the exit
  • Pass expeditiously through the emergency exit
  • Assess, select, and follow a safe path away from the emergency exit

In addition, to comply with regulations, a passenger seated in an exit seat must have sufficient mobility, strength or dexterity in both arms and hands and both legs to:

  • Reach upward, sideways, and downward to the location of emergency exit.
  • Grasp and push, pull, turn, or otherwise manipulate mechanisms.
  • Push, shove, pull or otherwise open the emergency exit.
  • Lift out, hold, deposit on nearby seats, or maneuver over the seatbacks to the next row or out the opening objects the size and weight of overwing window exit doors.
  • Remove objects similar in size and weight to overwing exit windows.
  • Reach the emergency exit expeditiously.
  • Maintain balance while removing obstructions.
  • Exit expeditiously.

A passenger seated in an exit seat must:

  • Be 15 years of age or older.
  • Have the capacity to perform the applicable functions without the assistance of an adult companion, parent, or other relative.
  • Have the ability to read and understand instructions related to emergency evacuation provided by Air Turks & Caicos in printed or graphic form.
  • Have sufficient visual capacity to perform applicable functions without the assistance of visual aids beyond contact lenses or eyeglasses.
  • Have sufficient aural capacity to hear and understand instructions shouted by Flight Attendants without assistance beyond a hearing aid.
  • Have the ability to adequately impart information orally to other passengers.

A passenger seated in an exit seat must not:

  • Have preboarded.
  • Require a seat belt extension to fasten his or her seat belt.
  • Have a condition or responsibilities, such as caring for small children, that might prevent them from performing the applicable functions.
  • Have a condition that might cause the person harm if he or she performs one or more of the applicable functions.

Passengers who choose an emergency exit seat must meet all requirements set forth by the Civil Aviation Department and Air Turks & Caicos.