Originally Posted by
laylla
three times i have seen passengers avoid buckling their seatbelt during takeoff. Is this required? (i think that you don't have to during flight, no matter what the seatbelt sign says, but i thought it was required during takeoff and landing.)
FAR 121.311:
(b) except as provided in this paragraph, each person on board an airplane operated under this part shall occupy an approved seat or berth with a separate safety belt properly secured about him or her during movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing.
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(e) except as provided in paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(3) of this section, no certificate holder may take off or land an airplane unless each passenger seat back is in the upright position.
Clear enough?