Originally Posted by
Trav+
Slightly OT, but earlier today when walking down the stairs at a remote stand at T5
I heard a young man (with a North American accent, not sure if he was Canadian or from the States) ask the person helping pax board the bus if he could 'go over there' (motioned behind the stairs) for a quick cigarette.
He was most disconcerted when told that he could not 'go over there' nor could he smoke until after passport control and baggage collection. He offered the man in the high-viz vest £100 then £150 if he could have that smoke. He was told to board the bus, and sharpish.
It used to be slightly disconcerting at a certain Asian airport, when doing training courses with airport staff airside, giving a cigarette break and watching them all legging it out onto the apron to have their fags.... next to refueling aircraft, leaking aircraft etc etc
