U.S. airlines cite gender gap in plea for drug-test delay
U.S. airlines want to delay implementation of a new rule forcing them to observe urine collections for employee drug tests, saying employers need time to hire and train more workers.
Airlines need more test-sample collectors who are the same gender as test takers, the carriers said through their Washington trade groups. Currently, most employees tested are men, while the majority of those who collect the samples are women, the groups said.
The gender divide was previously inconsequential because observation was required in only a few cases, the Air Transport Association and Regional Airline Association said in a petition to the U.S. Transportation Department released Tuesday.
The two airline groups’ members include carriers such as Chicago-based UAL Corp.’s United Airlines, AMR Corp.’s American Airlines, Mesa Air Group Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
The airlines’ request follows a similar petition by railroad trade associations on Aug. 6. Also, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the second-largest U.S. railroad, and eight labor unions filed a legal challenge to the new rule Aug. 13.
The Transportation Department has received the industry requests and "will respond to these petitions," the agency said in an e-mailed statement.
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