---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 117.7"
title: "14"
number: "117.7"
heading: "Fatigue risk management system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/117.7"
---

# §117.7. Fatigue risk management system.

- (a) No certificate holder may exceed any provision of this part unless approved by the FAA under a Fatigue Risk Management System that provides at least an equivalent level of safety against fatigue-related accidents or incidents as the other provisions of this part.
- (b) The Fatigue Risk Management System must include:
  - (1) **A fatigue risk management policy.**
  - (2) **An education and awareness training program.**
  - (3) **A fatigue reporting system.**
  - (4) **A system for monitoring flightcrew fatigue.**
  - (5) **An incident reporting process.**
  - (6) **A performance evaluation.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 46901, 44903-44904, 44912, 46105.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2009-1093, 77 FR 398, Jan. 4, 2012, unless otherwise noted.