Boutique Air hit with $291K lawsuit over employee drug, alcohol record failures

The U.S. government has filed a civil complaint against Boutique Air, Inc., seeking nearly $291,000 in penalties for allegedly failing to complete required drug and alcohol records checks on employees, the office of the United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian announced last week. 

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the San Francisco-based carrier allegedly allowed 21 workers to perform safety-sensitive duties between August 2020 and September 2021 without obtaining or making a good-faith effort to obtain their previous testing records.