FAA is proposing a $295,750 civil penalty against Utah-based SkyWest Airlines for allegedly violating federal drug and alcohol testing regulations.
FAA alleges SkyWest “failed to include more than 150 safety-sensitive employees in its random drug testing pool. Further, SkyWest allegedly failed to receive verified negative drug test results for two other employees before hiring one for, and transferring the other to, safety-sensitive positions,” FAA said in a statement.
FAA also alleges SkyWest subjected three employees who were not in safety-sensitive positions to post-accident drug tests that are only applicable to safety-sensitive employees, and improperly canceled a return-to-duty test because it was not directly observed.