Bagshaw. i don't know how long you've been here in the middle east, but smoking amongst the flight deck, although discouraged, is not a serious offence. a junior crew member telling female crew members that he is refusing to enter the flight deck and he will report him to the fleet office when that captain is a senior trainer of local origin is a bit too much for any flight deck fraternity to accept. if we were to fly together and you reported anything that was a slight divergence i would expect the company to back me up in the same way. also i know quite a few guys of many different nationalities who always smoke on the flight deck. i don't like it as a non smoker but i wouldn't say that they are undisciplined just because they smoke. its a way of life here and i would rather they smoked and were not a wreck after a long flight and then attempt an approach into ktm in the monsoon. your posts is frankly a little offensive. i'm sure some of these guys may be better than you but as this is a forum and not a sim we'll never know.
and is ther a state law against smoking on the flight deck? i'm not so sure about that one.