---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 102-33.90"
title: "41"
number: "102-33.90"
heading: "Flight Program Standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/102-33.90"
---

# §102-33.90. Flight Program Standards.


Flight Program Standards are the minimum requirements to ensure safe, effective, and efficient aircraft operation. They must:

- (a) Be specific to your agency's aviation operations, including your CAS;
- (b) Meet the requirements identified in [§§ 102-33.105 through 102-33.135](/cfr/41/102-33.105..102-33.135.md);
- (c) Meet applicable civil or military rules (in particular 49 U.S.C. [40102(a)(37)](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-37) and [40125](/usc/49/40125.md)), and applicable FAA regulations in [14 CFR](/cfr/14.md)); and
- (d) **Incorporate risk management techniques when civil or military rules do not apply.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 31 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, 35 FR 7959, 3 CFR, 1066-1970 Comp., p. 1070; E.O. 11541, 35 FR 10737, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 939; and OMB Circular No. A-126 (Revised May 22, 1992), 57 FR 22150.

### Source

Source: 90 FR 58425, Dec. 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted.