From my perspective as a passenger I have to say that I have a certain degree of sympathy the captain. Just how are the cabin crew supposed to prevent people smoking in the toilets if they are really determined to?
I recently flew from Rome to Buenos Aires with Alitalia. Things were okay for the the first two or three hours but after that it was quite obvious from the smell that some of my fellow travellers were going to the bog for a quick fag. This led to repeated "reminders" of the ban on smoking on the PA and the crew continually checking the toilets, as much I suppose to make sure that we all weren't going to be incinerated as in any hope of nabbing one of the culprits.
What to do?
I'm inclined to think that as there is no way to stop addicts dosing themselves, perhaps, and I say this through gritted teeth, allowing them to do this in an orderly fashion might be the lesser evil
[This message has been edited by Jorge Newberry (edited 27 June 2001).]