Originally Posted by
GauleyPilot
disregard, mentioned earlier.
I wish they would just drug test during the 2nd class and up medical exams and do away with this requirement.
Assuming the goal is the protection of passengers, that wouldn't cut it.
Sure, you'd probably get a bead on addictive drugs and perhaps even pain meds for long-term conditions where the pilot was unable to keep away from them for long enough before the test for it not to show up, but it would be pretty useless for uncovering recreational drug and alcohol use near the time of passenger flight.