Originally Posted by
PUCCI GALORE
I thought as much. I am at a loss to know quite how they can control matters once the aircraft has left United States air space. I suspect that homeward bound this will be honoured in the breach rather than the observance.
They can control it the same way they control it for aircraft within U.S. airspace: If they receive evidence from a complainant of non-compliance by a carrier, I would expect that the offending carrier could be fined -- or maybe even barred for flying to or from the U.S.
If a carrier permitted passengers on flights from the U.S. to a foreign country to smoke once the flight was no longer in U.S. airspace, I imagine that a passenger complaint about that would be dealt with in a similar manner.