# 2025-14933: FAA Fixes Its Own Error in Boeing 777 Seat Checks

2025-14933, Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes, is a Federal Register rule from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2025-08-06 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-14933
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-14933
- Title: Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 37787
- Published: 2025-08-06
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 2120-AA64
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

FAA Fixes Its Own Error in Boeing 777 Seat Checks

## Summary

If you fly a Boeing 777, this update affects you! The FAA fixed a mistake in the old safety rules about checking the Captain’s and First Officer’s seats. You still need to inspect and monitor the seat parts, but now the instructions are clearer—keeping everyone safer without extra hassle or cost surprises.

## Abstract

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-15- 03, which applied to all The Boeing Company Model 777 airplanes. AD 2024-15-03 required identifying the part number, and the serial number if applicable, of the Captain's and First Officer's seats and applicable on-condition actions for affected seats. AD 2024-15-03 also required a one-time detailed inspection and repetitive checks of the horizontal movement system (HMS) for the Captain's and First Officer's seats and applicable on-condition actions. Since the FAA issued AD 2024-15-03, the FAA determined that AD 2024-15-03 contains an error when providing conditions for taking credit using a previous revision of the service information. This AD requires the actions of AD 2024-15-03 and revises paragraph (j) of this AD to clarify which actions are not required. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

## Effects PRIA read

- Boeing 777 seat inspections required: benefit, medium. This rule replaces Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2024-15-03 for The Boeing Company Model 777 airplanes. It continues to require identifying the part numbers (and serial numbers, if applicable) of the Captain’s and First Officer’s seats and requires a one-time detailed inspection plus repetitive chec…
- Clarifies credit for prior service information: benefit, low. The FAA found an error in AD 2024-15-03 about taking credit for actions done using a previous revision of the service information. This superseding AD revises paragraph (j) to clarify which actions are not required when taking credit for a previous service-information revision.

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## Sources
- [2025-14933 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-14933/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)
- [2025-14933 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-06/pdf/2025-14933.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-14933 (as of 2026-06-11).