SEATTLE – The Federal Aviation Administration
has proposed a $266,375 penalty against Allegiant Air, LLC of Las Vegas
for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
Allegiant Air flies weekly between Stewart Airport near Newburgh and Florida.
There was no indication of any local connection in those allegations.
The FAA alleged Allegiant failed to include in its random drug and alcohol
testing pools 25 employees that it hired or transferred into safety-sensitive
positions.
Eleven of those workers performed safety-sensitive duties on several occasions
when they were not in the random pools, the FAA charged.
The FAA also alleged another employee’s follow-up test was not directly
observed after a previous positive drug test result as required by DOT
regulations. That employee performed several safety-sensitive duties following
the improperly observed test, the FAA claimed.
Allegiant is scheduled to meet with the FAA in mid-June to discuss the
case.
