Which Aviation Jobs Are Covered by FAA Drug Testing?

Under 14 CFR 120.105, each employee who performs a listed safety-sensitive function for a covered employer, directly or by contract, must be subject to drug testing. This includes assistants, helpers and individuals in training status, and full-time, part-time, temporary and intermittent employees. The listed functions are flight crewmember, flight attendant, flight instruction, aircraft dispatcher, aircraft maintenance and preventive maintenance, ground security coordinator, aviation screening, air traffic control and operations control specialist duties.