PLT384: Passenger Briefing
What code PLT384 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Passenger Briefing before your checkride.
Recall regulations - briefing of passengers
What this means for your checkride
Before takeoff the pilot in command must brief each person on how to fasten and unfasten their safety belt and, if installed, shoulder harness, and must notify them to have it fastened for taxi, takeoff, and landing. Larger and turbojet operations add briefings on exits, oxygen, and flotation equipment.
A proper briefing protects passengers in an upset or evacuation, so the FAA tests the required belt briefing and when belts must be worn.
Pilots skip the briefing for experienced passengers. The regulation requires notifying each person to fasten the belt for taxi, takeoff, and landing regardless of experience.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.