Company Says All Employees Have Passed Their Drug Tests

ST Aerospace said in a statement Friday that they are "disappointed" with the FAA's press release regarding a civil penalty proposal of $1.025 million against ST Aerospace's U.S. facility ST Aerospace San Antonio, L.P.

"ST Aerospace takes our safety obligations seriously and has in fact addressed the issues raised by the FAA way back in 2008," the company said in response. "Although we are concerned about the FAA's notice, we are also comfortable with the fact that we co-operated with the FAA years ago to resolve their concerns and to implement quality controls to ensure that we continue to comply with the FAA's drug-testing standards."

According to ST Aerospace:

• Every one of the employees referred to in the FAA's press release has passed their drug tests.
• There are effective controls in place to ensure continued compliance with the drug testing standards found in the FAA's regulations.
• There are no allegations of current compliance issues.

The company says it intends to communicate with the FAA to explain why their informal allegations are incorrect. Nonetheless, they say they are treating this matter very seriously, and will work closely with the FAA to resolve it.

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