Well at least I have generated some discussion. Obviously not many of you are aware of the way the FR works though. Now perhaps I need to get the Irish Press to start reading Ppune! I think there is no doubt that the practise is illegal and as I said the company has officially banned it BUT in FR this makes very little difference! I have not found a single FO prepared to join me in making a stand over it even though most of them detest the practise. Although the airline has its main base in the UK its pilots come from virtually every part of the world and of course this includes a lot of former Eastern bloc countries where smoking is endemic and CRM virtually unheard of!