Wake up and smell the coffee !!!!
We have a Flight attendant dispute and as we all know a great proportion of them love to party, especially on the other side of the pond.
Could be very convenient to have a few departures due to some illicit or medical circumstance.
It is really the ultimate management tool, how to completely intimidate, while being unquestionably focussed on safety.
Get use to it I say, when I got my first twin job random urine testing was all the go in the mining industry and that industry developed the protocols as a matter of necessity.
Interestingly enough though the mining industry classify drug taking as a medical issue and a 3 strike rule is widely applied.
There can be no question that safety is paramount and drugs have no place in aviation. Having said that where does that leave speed freaking US military pilots ? What do you think ?