Smoking in cockpit......and journos exaggerations
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Great CRM ....
I smoke, but never in the cockpit ... thats a personal thing .... other Captains maintain it as their right to do so, but are discreet about it ......... so .......... as we are all part of a team up there, and with a bit of thought applied, unless the cabin crew member had an issue with the captain, why say that to a planeload of passengers, probably a fair proportion of whom were also smokers ? one rule for them, another for us ? that won't go down well.
I'm happy that flights are non smoking nowdays for everyones sakes, but most of the fumes on the flight deck are from burnt bread rolls in the ovens, and there is something called live and let live eh ?
I'm happy that flights are non smoking nowdays for everyones sakes, but most of the fumes on the flight deck are from burnt bread rolls in the ovens, and there is something called live and let live eh ?
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I suppose the smoking pilots must remember that they are already flying into thin air, being hypoxic.
And not just hypoxia, there may also be a hidden threat of aerotoxic syndrome, which may not be identifiable in a cockpit filled with the smell of smoke.
And not just hypoxia, there may also be a hidden threat of aerotoxic syndrome, which may not be identifiable in a cockpit filled with the smell of smoke.
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I smoke, but never in the cockpit ... thats a personal thing
you deny yer offsider a quick one esp on long flights? Smacks
of double standards to me if you do.
PS: I'm an ex-smoker but I'll be damned if I'm ever going to
become a pain-in-the-butt reformie.
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Tobacco/ Oil smoke...
Odd how:
Tobacco smoke is taboo / deadly
whilst
Oil smoke is OK / harmless?
Cranfield report finally published
Could somebody please explain the di££erence....
Tobacco smoke is taboo / deadly
whilst
Oil smoke is OK / harmless?
Cranfield report finally published
Could somebody please explain the di££erence....
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Could somebody please explain the di££erence....
Boeing boost, that 787 will have electric ACM's? Have not heard of where the heating air that used to be from the engines comes from.
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That is utter BS. Saudi's insist that it is their right to smoke. It matters not if they have bid a no smoking line, nor what is written in the policy manual. I speak from 19 years experience of putting up with this sh@t. And for you uninitiated, don't even try the "you're the captain, kick him off the flight", you will only lose as on your next check, he'll light up on the taxiway.
What separates the 1st world from the rest of the "developing, developed, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, etc." world is the ability to enforce the law no mater how unpopular.
RE: driving & smoking
That is utter BS. Saudi's insist that it is their right to smoke. It matters not if they have bid a no smoking line, nor what is written in the policy manual. I speak from 19 years experience of putting up with this sh@t. And for you uninitiated, don't even try the "you're the captain, kick him off the flight", you will only lose as on your next check, he'll light up on the taxiway.
What separates the 1st world from the rest of the "developing, developed, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, etc." world is the ability to enforce the law no mater how unpopular.
RE: driving & smoking
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As an ex-heavy smoker married to a heavy smoker I can see both sides of the problem. Smokers don't perform as well when denied their nicotine (patches and gum etc. don't quite do it). Yet there are real dangers in smoking when driving and flying (mainly during certain phases of flight) due to hot ash falling or fags falling onto the lap, onto the floor.... So if you ban smokers you get less than 100% from them after a time which can be dangerous, if you let them smoke then you have other risks or simply 'unacceptable social behaviour' affecting others.
The only real answer is not to employ nicotine addicts at all but that would take a huge number of excellent pilots out of the system; could it cope?
The only real answer is not to employ nicotine addicts at all but that would take a huge number of excellent pilots out of the system; could it cope?
A tiny bit off topic but still related.
When the aircraft smoking ban was first introduced it was common on the 747 for cabin crew smokers to remove the trollies from their stowage in the galley, which leaves a large sealed area, get in and have a crafty smoke!
Many a time I appeared in the galley and opened the doors to find a red faced steward/ess hudled up (cold as it is chilled) and surrounded by a fog of smoke.
Happy days
When the aircraft smoking ban was first introduced it was common on the 747 for cabin crew smokers to remove the trollies from their stowage in the galley, which leaves a large sealed area, get in and have a crafty smoke!
Many a time I appeared in the galley and opened the doors to find a red faced steward/ess hudled up (cold as it is chilled) and surrounded by a fog of smoke.
Happy days
The only real answer is not to employ nicotine addicts at all but that would take a huge number of excellent pilots out of the system; could it cope?
I recall a while back a youtube cockpit video, possibly eastern Europe or the Balkans and possibly a cargo DC9 - an instrument approach where the crew were all smoking and the talk, according to those who knew the language spoken, was of chicken farming and the price of eggs. Anyone still have a link to that? My searches have failed to find it.
The late Jim Lee, of Shackleton fame, used to smoke on the Logi Islander flights up in Orkney, of course most of the pax were smoking too! Neat little chrome plated ashtrays on the Islander in those days. The longer sectors were just long enough for a smoke!
The late Jim Lee, of Shackleton fame, used to smoke on the Logi Islander flights up in Orkney, of course most of the pax were smoking too! Neat little chrome plated ashtrays on the Islander in those days. The longer sectors were just long enough for a smoke!
Odd how:
Tobacco smoke is taboo / deadly
whilst
Oil smoke is OK / harmless?
Tobacco smoke is taboo / deadly
whilst
Oil smoke is OK / harmless?
My ol' skip on Viscounts used the OM as the signal to light up the last of the flight.
Haven't smoked for years - must have a nice Cuban one of these days - and a decent cigar as well
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...will stand in the street with buses and taxis dieseling past
and complain about a smoker several yards away
and complain about a smoker several yards away
any smoke and complain bitterly - which means they are not breathing
anything in, just they can't stand SEEING it. Its them I detest the most.
If the FO smokes I simply ask if he can keep it to not more than one durry an
hour, and only at those convenient times when I have an option to leave the
cockpit if I reckon his ciggies pong like burnt horse**** (Dunghills for one!).
boeing boost, that 787 will have electric acm's? Have not heard of where the heating air that used to be from the engines comes from.
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The only real answer is not to employ nicotine addicts at all but that would take a huge number of excellent pilots out of the system; could it cope?
Substance abuse is incompatible with safety in aviation.
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Substance abuse is incompatible with safety in aviation.
Many, many firms - not just in aviation - refuse to employ smokers. Period. I don't know what the legal situation is in the UK/EU or elsewhere but surely all of us here must know that to be true? I gave up when it got to the point that I was always craving a ciggie -- shops, restaurants, certain workplaces (this was before the blanket EU ban in buildings) etc. I reasoned that I might as well get the grief over with and have done with it.....it worked but it was hell, to be honest.
I see friends with electronic fags today, with little lights on the end and 'smoke' emanating from them. I think they have just transferred their addiction to those, because they are so realistic. Presumably they are safer health-wise, they are not hot so cannot cause damage and seem not to smell as far as I can tell so won't offend even the fussiest other than those who object to their pilots having nicotine in their blood per se, a group I don't have any time for, honestly. Apparently not everyone allows these to be used in non-smoking places? If they are allowed, maybe it's the answer for flight-crew?