A couple of months after announcing that it was ditching its controversial ICE deportation contract, Houston-based Avelo Airlines is being fined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over flight attendant drug testing.
According to the FAA, the airline failed to include 10 of its flight attendants in its drug and alcohol testing ‘pool’ during various periods between April 2024 and November 2024.
Avelo has been sent an enforcement letter from the FAA in which the agency has proposed a $65,000 civil penalty against the airline for breaching stringent regulations contained within Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 120 (often condensed to 14 CFR Part 120)…