---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 121.473"
title: "14"
number: "121.473"
heading: "Fatigue risk management system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/121.473"
---

# §121.473. Fatigue risk management system.

- (a) No certificate holder may exceed any provision of this subpart unless approved by the FAA under a Fatigue Risk Management System.
- (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

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2009-1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4, 2012]

### Source

Source: Docket 23634, 50 FR 29319, July 18, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note added by Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 89, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44729, 44732; 46105; Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note); Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note).

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2009-1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4, 2012]