Legalized Marijuana and the FAA
#11
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I’ve never smoked anything and I’d fail that test 9 times out of 10. Love me some Cheetos!
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I was reading that by the end of this year that roughly half the states could have legalized recreational marijuana. I also read that it looks now that President Trump and Senator Schumer are both open to and actively looking to decriminalize it on a federal level.
The question is when and if that does happen on a national scale what will the FAA do in regards to regulation in the field of aviation?
The question is when and if that does happen on a national scale what will the FAA do in regards to regulation in the field of aviation?
With alcohol it's easy to measure if someone is likely impaired, or at least there's a known equitable, empirical standard that you have to meet.
Until a similar test exists for THC impairment, I would expect it's use to be banned by all in safety-sensitive positions. The current test just shows whether you blazed up within the last month or so.
#14
Absolutely. I had a guy say he drove in just to test me. It was just him and his little bag. It was extremely unsettling.
#15
Why the ambush style, march to the bathroom, whip out or else....?
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I know the answer:
I’m always amazed at people who post stupid stuff on Facebook or Instagram showing them drunk as a 9-eyed skunk, and a while later they start crying about their drug tests.
“Random,” my ass. People with stupid social media stuff get tested way more often.
(A surprising number of people will post anything and everything there. No filter installed.)
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I like my bonus and some weed smoking employee making the news costs me money. Managers like $$$ just as much as pilots.
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Can confirm that as management scum. The reasoning is simple the company is responsible for your actions. So when you blaze up and hurt Joe Public in a related or unrelated incident, it costs the company.
I like my bonus and some weed smoking employee making the news costs me money. Managers like $$$ just as much as pilots.
I like my bonus and some weed smoking employee making the news costs me money. Managers like $$$ just as much as pilots.
Lawyers could have a field day with some of the posts I have seen. At least the company covers its ass when it can produce clean drug tests. (And probably fire some idiots who really are drunk/high.)
I just don’t get why anyone posts stupid crap on social media like that. I guess younger generations think it won’t matter. Maybe they really think only their ‘friends’ can see it.
Either way, they are wrong.
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Now its outsourced to kids wearing earbuds carrying backpacks to work.......