Originally Posted by
vikingivesterled
Regulations says minimum1 flight attendant per 50 passengers or part thereof. That is by actual total number of passengers per flight and not by number of seats.
So, if those 17 pax show up on a 777 they only need one flight attendant?
That's a new one on me.
§ 121.391 Flight attendants.
(a) Except as specified in
§ 121.393 and
§ 121.394, each certificate holder must provide at least the following
flight attendants on board each passenger-carrying
airplane when passengers are on board:
(4) For airplanes having a seating capacity of more than 100 passengers - two flight attendants plus one additional flight attendant for each unit (or part of a unit) of 50 passenger seats above a seating capacity of 100 passengers.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/121.391