# Side-Facing Seats on Transport Category Airplanes
**AGENCY:**
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
**ACTION:**
Notice of final policy.
**SUMMARY:**
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of final policy that updates existing certification policy on § 25.785(a), Amendment 25-64, for side-facing seats.
**DATES:**
This final policy was issued by the Transport Airplane Directorate on May 6, 2005.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Michael T. Thompson, Federal Aviation Administration, Transport Airplane Directorate, Transport Standards Staff, Airframe and Cabin Safety Branch, ANM-115, 601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055-4056; telephone (425) 227-1157; fax (425) 227-1232; e-mail: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Disposition of Comments**
A notice of proposed policy was published in the *Federal Register* on September 19, 2003 (68 FR 54931). Four (4) commenters responded to the request for comments.
**Background**
The final policy provides Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification policy on the occupant protection requirements of § 25.785(a), Amendment 25-64, for side-facing seats. Specifically, it provides guidance used to establish the minimum acceptable testing and human injury criteria for obtaining special conditions for single occupant side-facing seats and an exemption for multiple occupant side-facing seats.
The final policy as well as the disposition of comments received is available on the Internet at the following address: *http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl.* If you do not have access to the Internet, you can obtain a copy of the policy by contacting the person listed under *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* .
Issued in Renton, Washington, on May 6, 2005.
Ali Bahrami,
Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate Aircraft Certification Service.