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A mechanic employed by an air carrier with DC9 equipment was returned to duty without a recommendation from the air carrier medical review officer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367975 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : teb |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 367975 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
An a&P mechanic tested positive for marijuana. Although he was suspended and retested before returning to work (with follow-up testing), the FAA drug abatement division alleges that: 1) the follow-up testing was done per a schedule and frequency established by the medical review officer. 2) employee returned to work without being evaluated by the medical review officer with an appropriate recommendation. Appropriate corrective action has been taken and implemented.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MECH EMPLOYED BY AN ACR WITH DC9 EQUIP WAS RETURNED TO DUTY WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ACR MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER.
Narrative: AN A&P MECH TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA. ALTHOUGH HE WAS SUSPENDED AND RETESTED BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK (WITH FOLLOW-UP TESTING), THE FAA DRUG ABATEMENT DIVISION ALLEGES THAT: 1) THE FOLLOW-UP TESTING WAS DONE PER A SCHEDULE AND FREQUENCY ESTABLISHED BY THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER. 2) EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK WITHOUT BEING EVALUATED BY THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER WITH AN APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION. APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AND IMPLEMENTED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.