Smoking and flying?
 

Do you still like to smoke and still be in the air? Not many airlines allowes you to do that. Here is a link to a few that does http://hem.passagen.se/fungus/

My last flight that allowed smoking was AA between JFK-LHR in December 1994. One smoker in the last row of business class fouled the air in the entire cabin. Cough, sputter, yuck!

I remember so many AA and TWA flights where the walls were just yellow with smoke stains. And that smell when you boarded the aircraft. Yeech. Much worse than the straight smell of second hand smoke, IMHO.

Being a non-smoker, I for one am glad that smoking is no longer allowed by many airlines http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif. I am not against allowing people to smoke, on the contrary, smokers can puff on cigarettes to their lungs content for all I care. Just don't smoke where it affects me.

Here's an excerpt from the annual Reader's Awards section of the Dec2000/Jan2001 issue of Business Traveler Magazine which I thought was pretty humorous in that I don't think the Aeroflot individual understands that he is not bargaining from the position of strength:

(I would have posted a link to the article, but I couldn't find it on their site http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redface.gif)

I know this may be a very American-centric opinion, but if Aeroflot doesn't want to adhere to US law regarding smoking on flights to/from the US, then they could solve their dilema easily, just don't fly to the US. From what I have read on these boards, I don't think many people in the international business traveler community would miss Aeroflot if they stopped flying to the US.

A question from the devil's advocate: suppose that Russia passed a law that required planes serving Moskva to allow smoking in at least part of the plane (not the bathrooms, please!)? Or to follow on the previous example, required the planes landing in Russia to have Russian-speaking pilots and crew?

I abhor smoking, and always have, even before my grandmother and great-aunt died of it and my mother had part of her lung taken out (no bitterness here! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif) But when our government attempts to extend its reach beyond its borders, it invites other governments to do the same, to the ultimate harm of Americans who travel.

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"If you want to win the game, write the rules."

"I remember so many AA and TWA flights where the walls were just yellow with smoke stains. And that smell when you boarded the aircraft. Yeech. Much worse than the straight smell of second hand smoke, IMHO."


And this comes from someone that enjoys cigars! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Smoking what? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

I've never smoked a cigarette, but I've had more than a few smokes in my time.

Long live The Sixties! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif