(I am a smokin pilot, on the ground!)
You have all made the point about how staggeringly dangerous smoking in A/C toilets is. It is a fact that this would not happen if there were a smoking section on board the A/C.
So please tell me what is best. Do we let a percentage of our flying public smoke in defined areas of the A/C, therefore endangering the health of the other pax/crew on said A/C by passive smoking? Or, do we continue to ban smoking in the sure knowledge that sooner or later some idiot will set fire to the A/C with the subsequent appalling (non-passive) loss of life?
I'm looking forward to the 'politically correct' replies from the SMOKING POLICE who would rather see 400 people die than observe the rules of 'common sense'.
Just off to the shed for a fag. 'She' won't let me smoke in the house I'm paying for either.
Regards
Exeng