Just as ST Aerospace faces a $1.025-million civil penalty proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) against its subsidiary in San Antonio, Texas, the maintenance, repair, and overhaul giant finds itself the subject of a television expose questioning its business practices.
The FAA alleged January 20 that ST Aerospace violated U.S. Transportation Department Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing program procedures between March 27, 2007, and May 8, 2008.
During this 14-month period, FAA charges, the subsidiary brought 90 employees on board without properly testing them for drug and alcohol use and let more than a quarter of them perform safety-sensitive tasks before receiving the results of any tests.