Comment-AMCC-II.a-Passengers

File: < http://www.secureav.com/Comment-AMCC-II.a-Passengers.pdf >Last Updated: July 22, 2005THE AVIATORS’MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT (AMCC), available at < http://www.secureav.com >.©2005 Terms of Use, available at < http://www.secureav.com/terms.pdf >.About the Commentary: The Commentary addresses selected issues within the Code of Conduct toelaborate on their meaning, provide interpretive guidance, and suggest ways of adopting the Code ofConduct. It is intended primarily for implementers, policy administrators, aviation associationmanagement, and pilots who wish to explore the Code in greater depth, and will be updated from time totime. Please send your edits, errata, and comments to . Terms of Use are availableat .COMMENTARY TOAMCC II.a - PASSENGERS AND PEOPLE ON THE SURFACEa. Maintain Passenger Safety First, and then Reasonable Passenger Comfort,Pilots are responsible for the safety and comfort of their passengers during both ground1and flight operations. Of necessity, passengers place their lives in pilots’ hands. The nature ofthis relationship suggests that aviators should exercise heightened diligence as a matter of course2and ethics, thereby providing passengers an enhanced level of trust and deed.3Such diligence would include (but is not limited to) complying with the FARs and disclosing the4risks of flight (discussed below). Additionally, pilots should seek to maintain reasonable5passenger comfort ...