Circumventing a Lavatory Smoke Detector
Jan 13, 2007, 7:57 pm
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Jan 13, 2007, 8:00 pm
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Its criminal if done in the airplane.
I did a YYC-LAX flight last year and noticed the faint smell of cig smoke in the back lav. Oddily enough it didn't concern me or seem complete wrong, although I do remember the AC DC9 accident in the 80s.
When we landed in LAX the FA asked everyone to sit while the police escort someone off the plane. A guy in 14F got the personal greeting and the right to be first pax off the plane.
I did a YYC-LAX flight last year and noticed the faint smell of cig smoke in the back lav. Oddily enough it didn't concern me or seem complete wrong, although I do remember the AC DC9 accident in the 80s.
When we landed in LAX the FA asked everyone to sit while the police escort someone off the plane. A guy in 14F got the personal greeting and the right to be first pax off the plane.
Jan 14, 2007, 7:03 pm
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Jan 15, 2007, 7:24 pm
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General Rule: The federal government prohibits smoking on all U.S. airline flights
arriving in or departing from the United States . 49 U.S.C.A. § 41706 (a) (2005).
Enforcement Agency: The Federal Aviation Administration enforces the smoking
restriction on airline flights.
Penalties: Civil fines for smoking on an airline flight range from $2,200 for smoking
in an airplane seat or cabin to $3,300 for smoking in an airplane lavatory. Tampering
with a smoke detector installed in an airplane lavatory is punishable by a $2,200
fine. 14 C.F.R. § 121.317(g), (h), (i) (2005); 49 U.S.C.A. § 46301 (2005).
Jan 16, 2007, 2:10 am
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I agree about the rules and fines.
But words like criminal, arrested, and the slammer were used.
You'd think they were talking about lighting thier shoes. Now that's serious business :P
But words like criminal, arrested, and the slammer were used.
You'd think they were talking about lighting thier shoes. Now that's serious business :P
Jan 16, 2007, 5:34 am
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While I am not a lawyer or play one on TV these things I have seen happen.
If I smoked I would wait the couple hours to have one. It would be an expensive puff.
I would imagine some of your fellow passengers might think you are trying to pull a Richard Reed and put an ... whooping on you.
Just my humble opinion
Jan 16, 2007, 5:43 am
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I guess she was from CA 
Last edited by Newryman; Jan 16, 2007 at 8:58 am
