When you are looking into drug screening for any part of your aviation procedures, remember that many hundreds of lives are depending everyday upon
the reliability and safety protocols of your employees.
The passengers are protected when they go flying, for they are trusting anyone in aviation to have done their job completely. Workplace drug testing for aviation employees is perfect for their daily needs. Passengers know that protocol has been followed, and they can fly safely no matter what.
Pilots, copilots and stewards/stewardesses are protected, for they not only have been tested through onsite drug and alcohol screening themselves, but they also know that those working on their equipment and their planes are just as safely vetted, too.
Engineers and repairmen are protected because, if someone makes a mistake and causes a problem, alcohol testing and drug screening can show who was clean during the time of the mistake, and this allows innocent parties to not be blamed.
There must be a company/flight policy for using onsite drug and alcohol testing, and it must cover all contingencies. There must be a safety mechanism at each step along the way. When the aviation industry protects people, they are protecting hundreds, sometimes thousands of people at a time. The process of flight procedure and commercial airline flights requires a delicate and yet all too important balance to be maintained at all times. If even one person does not do his or her job correctly, then the whole system can be brought down rather quickly. This is why many planes have backup engines and backup fuel tanks.
This is why Australians can fly in safety. It is because safety protocols are always kept in the aviation industry.
When you take your next flight, remember that the same drug and alcohol testing that is observed in your company is also being used by every aviation professional you meet. This is an industry where safety must come first in all ways, or there will be severe consequences to human life. For more information about employee testing in Perth specifically or Australia in general, call Mediscreen today: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.
