14.3 Operating Compartment
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14.3 Operating Compartment

  14.3.1 The design and arrangement of the compartment from which the crew operate the craft, and the relative positions of the primary and emergency controls and the seats should be such that each operating crew member, with his seat and any adjustable controls suitably adjusted, and without prejudicing compliance with 14.2.1 can:

  • (a) without interference, produce full and unrestricted movement of each control which he is responsible for operating, both separately and with all practical combinations of movement of other controls; and

  • (b) at all control positions exert adequate control forces for the operation to be performed.

  14.3.2 When a seat at a station from which the craft may be driven has been adjusted so as to suit the occupant, subsequent change of seat position to operate any controls needed for driving should not be acceptable.

  14.3.3 In craft where the Administration considers the provision of a safety belt is necessary for use by the operating crew, it should be possible for those operating crew members, with their safety belts correctly worn, to comply with 14.3.1, except in respect of controls which it can be shown will only be required on very rare occasions dissociated from the need for safety restraint.


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