A RYANAIR floor crew member has been fired for steering plane at Palma airport whereas excessive on medicine.
The ramp agent, who held specialised safety clearance to work in restricted areas, returned a optimistic pattern for hashish.
The employee was tasked with the high-responsibility function of guiding planes to their designated gates and managing plane actions in high-security zones.
Nevertheless he was caught throughout a random drug screening by Guardia Civil officers, regardless of displaying no seen indicators of intoxication.
The dismissal has now been upheld by the Balearic Excessive Courtroom in a landmark ruling that reinforces zero-tolerance insurance policies for substance use in aviation.
The courtroom heard that the worker examined optimistic in a saliva pattern throughout one of many common checks performed on the airport, significantly concentrating on workers working in security-sensitive areas the place accident dangers are highest.
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Airport operator AENA instantly revoked the employee’s safety credentials following the optimistic check consequence, successfully barring them from accessing any restricted zones throughout the facility.
Ryanair was pressured to reassign the worker to different duties whereas disciplinary proceedings had been initiated.
The courtroom’s ruling emphasised that the worker had knowingly violated each Ryanair’s inside insurance policies and AENA’s strict security rules, which explicitly prohibit working underneath the affect of any substances – even when consumed earlier than beginning work shifts.
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The judges famous that these guidelines are frequently communicated to all workers members as a part of the airline’s dedication to sustaining a secure working atmosphere.
The ruling means the dismissed worker will obtain no compensation, with the courtroom figuring out that knowingly violating such elementary security protocols constituted adequate grounds for instant termination.
