airbubba:
Translation of the ALPA statement:
The new shrink tests will be implemented, as is customary, in two phases.
Phase One: Don't worry, trust me, ALPA will never allow it. It's an invasion of medical privacy forbidden by HIPPA, the ADA and other existing laws. Current tests are totally sufficient to ensure fitness for duty. It will never fly.
Six months later...
Phase Two: It's a done deal, our hands were tied, we had to go along with the new psych testing mandate or we would have no inputs to the rulemaking.
Ah yes, the Paper Tiger.