FAA Proposes $295,750 Civil Penalty Against Skywest Airlines

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Title: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Press Releases Update

Press Release – FAA Proposes $295,750 Civil Penalty Against Skywest Airlines

For Immediate Release

July 8, 2014
Contact: Allen Kenitzer
Phone: (425) 227-2015/Email: allen.kenitzer@xxxxxxx

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SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $295,750 civil penalty against SkyWest Airlines, Inc. of St. George, Utah, for allegedly violating DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations.

The 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. 

The 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 cancelled a return-to-duty test because it was not directly observed.

SkyWest is scheduled to have an informal conference with the FAA this month to discuss the matter.

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