Seat belt tags

No tags on the belts in Fat Albert, and he was used by many a pilot to take
his multi/ifr/cfi check ride over a 40 year period... Apparently the
inspectors never blinked...
denny

wrote in message He's wrong. The belts
probably never had tags. There's no requirement for
older planes to have the TSO tags on them.

Hmmm, I might buy that.

The FAA's ramp inspection "guide" useta have an item for seatbelt
tags.

Pretty sure it referenced 91.205 (b) something-or-other which calls
for "an approved safety belt".

I'm just not sure how you can convince the FAA that a seat belt
without a data tag, or other identifying markings is "approved".

TC

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:03:58 -0500, "Dennis O'Connor"
wrote:

No tags on the belts in Fat Albert, and he was used by many a pilot to take
his multi/ifr/cfi check ride over a 40 year period... Apparently the
inspectors never blinked...
denny


The reference here is to what? That since it hasn't been "caught" is
must be OK?

I once had to fly to Cleveland to rescue a CFI applicant that had
loose carpet in the pilot's footwell.

The inspector and I came to an agreement that the carpet wasn't
"required equipment", so I tore it out and threw in the trash can so
the prospective CFI could take his ride.

TC