Flip Flop Flyer
No not quite...
Air navigation order part V Para 67
' Every person in an aircraft shall obey all lawful commands which the commander of that aircraft may give for the purpose of securing the safety of the aircraft and of persons and property contained therein......'
Original post, says that Cabin crew told him to put it out. Cabin Crew are not the Commander of the Aircraft. It may be they were acting on the instruction of the commander of the aircraft, however...
Is it a lawful order? No, he was not smoking a cigarette...ergo how can it be put out? It can't. Was he doing something he was not entitled to do? Well no not really, I can find no staute that prohibits imintation cigarettes.
Even if the order was lawful, was it for the purpose of securing the safety of the aircraft, the passengers or property? No, as it was an imitation cigarette, he was not doing anything to endanger the aircraft, passengers or property.
Yes he's a prat, however being a prat is not an offence...it should be but isn't.
As for what he may or may not do in the future, he might do something else silly, so might most people, the pilot might get knocked over by a bus, but then he might win next years Grand national....You can't assume that someones going to do something ilegal in the future on the basis of thier actions today.