Air Carrier Access Act Technical Assistance Manual (2005)

Safety Considerations May Necessitate an Attendant

In the interests of safety, however, you may require that a passenger with a disability travel with an attendant as a condition of receiving air transportation if the passenger is:

• traveling on a stretcher or in an incubator (where such service is offered);

• mentally disabled and unable to comprehend or respond appropriately to safety instructions;

• severely impaired with respect to mobility and would be unable to assist in the passenger’s own evacuation from the aircraft; or

• deaf and severely impaired with respect to vision such that the passenger could not adequately communicate with airline employees to permit transmission of the safety briefing. [Secs. 382.35(b)(1) – (4)]