What are they and who is affected?
The Rules require alcohol misuse prevention programs, including breath alcohol testing and education, for over eight million transportation workers with safety-related duties. The modes of transportation that issued alcohol rules for their regulated industries are the:
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – aviation,
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) – commercial motor carrier,
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) – railroad,
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – transit,
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) – pipeline.
Examples of safety-sensitive employees include pilots, flight attendants, airline mechanics, truck drivers, school bus drivers, railroad engineers and dispatchers, mass transit operators, dispatchers and mechanics, as well as pipeline maintenance personnel.
