RUMOUR has it they spent over $35 million to put the whole "DAMP" thing is place, thats not counting what the industry had to spent to comply.
Rumour also has it that only six were caught in their random testing, none of whom were aircrew.
D.A.M.P. "Drug & Alcohol MANAGEMENT Program"...dosnt sound like there was much of a problem to manage in the first place...Hmm.. 35 Million for six caught??..that makes five million per Felon..dosnt sound much like responsible spending of tax payers money either.
Bit like the $ 200 Odd million spent so far on regulatory reform with nothing to show for it after 20 odd years except a whole section of the industry in terminal decline, no measurable improvement in safety, Indudtry hostility everwhere, blatant malfience by the regulator proven in court, rumours of corruption in high places,and no closer to a complete, workable, ICAO compliant set of reg's anywhere in sight, just promises of more unworkable B..sh..t to come. Where the hell is mainstream media??
Anything else they would be baying for a Royal Commission!!