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Old 23rd Sep 2013, 11:57
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fireflybob
 
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One more step down the road to random testing in the UK, won't be long now.
My contract with the last Company I flew for specified we could be random checked and we were on occasion.

In fact they took hair samples to check for drugs as well as alcohol.

I believe many airlines have similar contracts these days so nothing new about random checks.

In circa 40 years of airline operation I have never flew with any crew member who was anywhere near intoxicated - all the colleagues I came across were well aware of the responsibility to be fit to operate.

Fatigue is a far bigger issue.
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