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- Oct 20, 2007
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Bravo 👏 to AMFA for winning this one. Hey Swampy see I’m fair.
“In July 2022, an aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) was tested and found with higher than allowable levels of THC in his system. He was immediately fired on safety grounds. But he appealed through his union and has now won his job back…on an interesting defense.
While he did not deny the THC readings in his system, he denied using drugs and speculated that he had “unwittingly ingested a marijuana edible at a block party/barbecue he had recently attended.”
“In July 2022, an aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) was tested and found with higher than allowable levels of THC in his system. He was immediately fired on safety grounds. But he appealed through his union and has now won his job back…on an interesting defense.
While he did not deny the THC readings in his system, he denied using drugs and speculated that he had “unwittingly ingested a marijuana edible at a block party/barbecue he had recently attended.”
Alaska Airlines Mechanic Wins Job Back After "Accidental" Drug Use - Live and Let's Fly
An Alaska Airlines mechanic has been resinated at Delta Air Lines after successfully arguing that he did not knowingly ingest THC.
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