The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday suggested a $255,000 civil penalty against American Airlines, accusing the Fort Worth-based airline of permitting 12 flight attendants to resume safety-sensitive work after testing positive for drugs or alcohol without completing required follow-up testing.
The penalty, made public April 8, is the most recent in a series of federal enforcement actions targeting the airline.
The FAA alleges the violations took place from May 2019 through December 2023, with the employees allegedly returning to in-flight duties that federal regulators consider safety-sensitive.
According to the agency, the substances include alcohol, amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine, which regulators said posed a risk to passenger safety aboard American Airlines flights….