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‘Country of Final Assembly’ Required on Safety Cards

Steve Scott

Monday, July 12th, 2004

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Airlines have one year to provide information to passengers indicating the country in which the airplane they are flying was assembled. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is incorporating that information on the safety cards placed in seat-back pockets, a stratagem playing to mixed reviews. Some believe the safety card is an appropriate place for the required notice, while others believe this dilutes and distracts attention from the primary safety message of the card. How the safety card became the instrument…

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