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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
law, no; regulation, yes

I'm not an expert on this subject, but I believe each carrier spells out the requirements for the FAs' emergency briefings (as well as the scripts) in their Operations Specification (Ops Spec) that the FAA approves ... I'm also reasonably sure that the major carriers don't have any say in the content of their regional affiliates' Ops Specs, particularly since several regionals (think SkyWest) have arrangements with more than one major
You are correct! The US government requires that each carrier submit a safety briefing plan (other countries will vary). The plan is then approved and is supposed to be carried out on every single flight. Each FA is personally liable to execute the plan, with duties as assigned.

That said, I've been on at least one short flight in my life where the safety briefing was not done (PDX-SEA on a major carrier).
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