"cylon" wrote in message
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Testing isn't the only part of the program. Many forget, or don't know,
that
education about recognizing impaired individuals is part of the program.
Recognizing colleagues who need help with a dependency problem is part of
the training. Steering these people with problems to professional help and
rehabilitation is part of the program. Those operators who complain about
the cost probably don't care much about their employees.

What are peoples' thoughts and experiences?

I am a Part 135 operator. I am a Part 121 pilot. Drug and alcohol
abatement
programs are here to stay. I welcome them.

The testing is worthless. Otherwise I think the biggest factor in weeding
out problem pilots has been a cultural change.

The truth is that if someone really tests positive on the tests, then his
co-workers probably already knew about his problem. I think most testing
centers would be hard pressed to come up with an example of actually finding
genuine abusers that no one knew about already.