GA LTT ON A FREIGHT CHARTER HAULED PASSENGERS WITHOUT SEATS SEATBELTS. ONE REPORTER SAYS IT IS COMMON PRACTICE IN AK.

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A FLT WAS SENT TO JUNEAU; AK; TO PICK UP LUMBER FOR THE FISH AND GAME DEPT TO HAUL TO CAPE YAKATAGA. PRIOR TO DEPARTING JUNEAU; 5 PAX ARRIVED EXPECTING TO RIDE TO YAKUTAT AND THE CAPE. THE COMPANY POLICY IS NO PAX AND A CALL WAS MADE TO THE HOME OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE STORY. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PAX FELL UNDER A GOVT SVCS CONTRACT AND TO HAUL THEM. THE PAX WERE ALLOWED ON BOARD AND THE FLT WAS MADE. NO PAX BRIEFING WAS GIVEN; ALTHOUGH EXITS AND CARGO RESTRAINTS WERE DISCUSSED. IN FLT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 2 PAX WERE NOT GOVT EMPLOYEES AND THE OTHERS WERE. WE CHKED UPON ARR AND DETERMINED THAT PRESSURE FROM THE OFFICE AND A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOVT SVCS MAY HAVE RESULTED IN BROKEN REGS. AS A RESULT; THE POLICY OF NO RIDERS; GOVT OR OTHERWISE; WILL BE FOLLOWED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 91750: WE PROVIDED NO SEATS/SEATBELTS (WE DID HAVE SEATBELTS ON BOARD) AND NO PAX BRIEFING. I HAVE BEEN IN AK ONLY 2 WKS AND HAVE FOUND NORMAL PROC TO PUT PEOPLE ON TOP OF CARGO AND MAKE THE TRIP. I HAVE NOT HAULED PEOPLE UNTIL I WAS TOLD THAT GOVT SVCS HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. IN CHKING AROUND; I AM UNABLE TO FIND GUIDANCE ON THE SUBJECT.