Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter

True, but other airlines (DL, to name one) do ban smokeless tobacco. I doubt too many people refuse to fly DL because they have a ban on "chaw." I don't think CO stands to lose much if it bans smokeless tobacco. Additionally, I don't think it gains much by allowing it.

I would not be too pleased if I was riding on a CO flight (either in F or Y) next to Joe Spit-cup, doing his darndest to work through a pack of Skoal during my flight, and filling a cup with foul, glutinous tobacco-phlegm. I can only imagine the joyous result in the cabin if the aircraft were to hit severe turbulence, thus dousing nearby passengers with greenish-brown fluid reeking to high-heaven and having a consistency not entirely unlike snot.

However, I'm certain that if such an unfortunate event were to occur to BJ, he would take it in stride, as it's not the airline's place to regulate customer behavior to such an egregious extent.