In re the Claim of De Maria

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 5, 1999, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant challenges the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board which determined that claimant’s dismissal from his employment as a lead aircraft mechanic after he was found in a remote area asleep in a deicer truck amounted to disqualifying misconduct. Claimant’s supervisor testified that when he…