The Nation : FAA to Test for Drug Use
Donald D. Engen, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, said that all FAA employees who fly, control or work on airliners will be tested for drugs when they are hired, and again when they take their annual physical examinations. “I have had a (testing) plan in being for the last year and a half. I didn’t have the money earlier this year; I do now. And we are implementing the plan this year,” Engen said on ABC television’s “This Week With David Brinkley.” Engen said he felt “honor bound to ensure that we will not have anyone using drugs in the FAA,” an arm of the Transportation Department.
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