Posted on 02/23/2015 6:25:07 PM PST by Drango
IF you think the air travel experience generally stinks now, consider what it was like before smoking was banned on domestic flights 25 years ago.
Tracy Sear, a flight attendant with US Airways, was looking over some Facebook posts from colleagues recalling those bad old days when a third or more of passengers on any flight puffed away, and cabins were foul with smoke. When I spoke with her the other day, she read one of those posts to me: “Suitcases, uniforms, hair — all stunk from cigarette smoke. And it’s astounding that we didn’t have more cabin fires.”
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***The smoker’s rude behavior and arrogance is a major reason that they lost the smoking wars. ***
Think back to the GOOD OLD DAYS!
Passengers had BAD BREATH, bad body odor, foot odor, and tobacco smell all over them.
So we developed mouthwash and toothpaste for bad breath.
We developed deodorants for body odor. Bathing became a daily thing.
Powders for foot odor.
Yet for some reason they think tobacco stench is good for you?
Several years ago I went to the hospital emergency waiting room. No smoking was allowed and as the evening wore on the room became filled with people. One man came in and sat down right behind me. The stench of tobacco smoke on him overwhelmed the entire waiting room. Prince Albert was the smell.
Strange. My family used to raise tobacco in Tennessee. the fresh drying tobacco hanging in a barn smelled so good!
So why do not unburned cigarettes smell that way?
Heh.
Reminds me of the old saw....
Having a smoking section in a restaurant (plane) is like having a peeing section in a pool.
Look up....
On Aeroflot, the left side of the plane was smoking, and the right side wasn’t on fire yet...
I fly 20 trips a year now and have almost zero issues except for the dumbass passengers who don’t normally fly who have no clue what they are doing.
I smoke, but it’s been so long that I’ve done it in an enclosed area that when I do go someplace where smoking is allowed, I find it overwhelming.
Actually there was a way smoking helped with maintenance. If there was a pinhole leak, the smoke would leave a small trail on the exterior, making them easier to spot.
That said, I am glad to see it going away.
“The whole thing about second hand smoke is a myth and BS!”
That’s odd, I could swear it irritates my nose, makes my eyes sting, and puts an awful stink in my clothes.
NoSmokers create smug
That hair in the first picture probably had so much hairspray that I’m surprised she didn’t truly “light up”
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