Originally Posted by Standby4321
It would be very nice if the folks making policy decisions at large U.S. airports would realize that whatever error rate is involved in security screenings could be mitigated by not insisting that smokers constantly leave the secure areas, only to come back through security. (More screenings x error rate = more failure opportunities.) Refusing to offer accommodations for customers who smoke is creating longer lines for everyone. (Accommodations certainly COULD be done in a way that would not impact on non-smokers, but I suppose dealing with something like in a practical way is just not politically correct any longer.)
Or you smokers could just go 7 or 8 damn hours without lighting up. I'd personnally prefer a 5 mile smoke-free buffer around every airport. There is nothing worse than walking past a bar with smoke billowing out of it, or a smoking room with smoke billowing out of it, or trying to leave baggage claim or wait for a pick up with a line of rude folks there that think that just because they're outside their smoking isn't going to bother anyone. Do you really think that everytime I walk out of a public building I want to run an obtacle course of smelly, stained smokers while inhaling your vile output?
Why don't you put that in your pipe & smoke it!?
edited to add:
I actually stopped flying AirTran in & out of Philadelphia because their bank of gates was right next to a bar that was always filled with smokers. You coudn't sit and wait for your AirTran flight without smelling the reak of smokers. I understand that Philly, thankfully, has now gone (or will soon be going) 100% smoke free.