AMC to Appendix S, S25.40(b) Briefing Card Placard

ED Decision 2017/015/R

The instructions that may be reported on the briefing card referred to in S25.40(b) are limited to the instructions necessary to restore the configuration of the passenger cabin to that approved for taxiing, take-off, and landing. All other placards required by CS-25 are excluded from the provisions of S25.40(b).

For example, and where applicable, a briefing card may be used to deliver information related to setting seats in the upright position, stowing leg rests/armrests, repositioning ‘high–low’ position tables, opening/closing doors, installing crash pads, etc.

The content added to the briefing card to cover information conventionally conveyed via placarding, and the means to provide accessibility to this information will need to be approved as part of the type design. However, it may be desired to include additional safety information on the same briefing card. This may be due to operational requirements for a briefing card, or may be at the applicant’s or customer’s discretion. This is acceptable, and this additional information will not be subject to approval as part of the type design.

However, limitations on the presentation of this additional information on the briefing card (e.g. size, style, relative location) may need to be stated in the type design in order that both sets of information remain appropriately conspicuous to the passengers.

When design solutions are proposed using placards that make reference to a briefing card for further instructions, the following should be considered:

(1)     Individual placards at each seat location may be replaced by a simplified placard referring to the briefing card. For example: ‘Refer to the briefing card to configure cabin/seat/table/leg rest for taxiing, take-off, and landing’.

(2)      Alternatively, one single placard stating, for example, ‘Moveable items in this area should be configured in accordance with the briefing card for taxiing, take-off, and landing’, and visible from each seated position of a group of seats, may be used.

(3)      The briefing card should be demonstrated to be accessible from each passenger seat. A dedicated stowage (e.g. pocket) easily recognisable by a seated passenger, or when approaching the seat, shall be provided. The briefing card should be within easy reach of each passenger with their seat belt fastened, except in some cases where this may be impracticable. For instance, it may be acceptable that a passenger occupying the centre place of a three-place divan is not able to reach the briefing card with their seat belt fastened. In such a case, EASA may accept that either the left hand (LH) or right hand (RH) place of the divan will most likely be occupied, and that this passenger’s access to the briefing card will provide him/her with the required awareness of necessary pre-flight and landing actions.

(4)      The briefing card information should be clear and simple. It is expected that the additional space offered by the briefing card, relative to conventional placarding, will allow applicants to provide more easily understood safety instructions. The use of pictograms is encouraged.

[Amdt 25/19]