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BS
7th Jan 2002, 00:13
Hi there!

I was just wondering. How do flight schools and airlines stand towards smoking?
Is it allowed or totally not?
because then i know i have something (hard) to do.

thnx

englishal
7th Jan 2002, 00:15
...depends what you smoke ! <img src="eek.gif" border="0">

BS
7th Jan 2002, 00:34
hahaha

just cigarettes...


greetingz

mboulton
7th Jan 2002, 01:07
it is banned in our school . If you want to kill yourself smoking stand out in the car park and smoke.We non smokers have a right to fresh air.

wobblyprop
7th Jan 2002, 01:11
Hmmm, can't say that i speak for all companies but all instructors at my club smoke. One TRE captain i know quit recently at 50.....but not due to company policy or health <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

What i've been told re. health is that if you have a class 1 your are fit to fly.

nasib
7th Jan 2002, 01:27
I would not like to encourage anybody to smoke. However, some schools do not ban smoking on the premises. Ask around.

BS
7th Jan 2002, 02:01
thnx for your replies,

and lanky i was just wondering for aviation in general not your personal opinion ;-)

greetingz

Luke SkyToddler
7th Jan 2002, 02:56
When I was a student I asked for an instructor change because I was sick of my instructor stinking of cigarette smoke in the C152. At one flying job interview I have been to, I was asked straight up if I smoked ... I said no ... and my interviewer said good, he wouldn't employ a smoker.

It's just not a good look for instructors or any pilots if you ask me, and you can certainly put a lot of potential customers off from an instructor's point of view if you reek of smoke all the time.

scroggs
7th Jan 2002, 04:12
Ever fewer pilots smoke these days - the risk to your licence as you get older is a serious disincentive! However, I'm fairly sure that it would be illegal to refuse to employ someone on the grounds of them being a smoker, unless health problems were already evident.
What you can't cater for are the prejudices of individual interviewers, who may be personally strongly anti-smoking and who could find fault with you elsewhere if you offend them by smelling strongly of cigarette smoke at interview.
Just as you would (I hope) take all precautions to avoid BO at your interview, try not to smell of smoke; to some it is just as offensive, and it is certainly avoidable. You can go without a cigarette for a couple of hours beforehand - can't you?
A final tip - chewing gum will not disguise the smell of cigarettes on your clothes, and some interviewers are as strongly anti gum as others are anti smoking! Don't give an interviewer a stick to beat you with...