JB and Kaptin M-- you obviously have not had contact with pilots working for FR as I have. Anyone writing in the tech log for any reason other than a genuine engineering defect would be summoned to appear before the base captain and severely disciplined! As for taking sick leave when not actually at death's door? The same applies! From what I am told the reason nothing happens about the smoking problem is that it is seen as "whingeing" and the person complaining would just be told to shut up or get out! This is not your chummy old-fashioned airline of yore!