Jury says flight attendant no victim of seconhand smoke

Nando Times/AP (registration required) ^ | Sept. 5, 2002 | CATHERINE WILSON

[KS Flyover]

Victimhood has been set back a notch!

[KS Flyover]

[Just another Joe]

One down and about 1,800 to go.

[goodnesswins]

Wonder how much sugar, bread, wine and dairy products she injests......that can cause terrific sinus problems too.

[SouthernFreebird]

I was around smokers and all I got was this lousy sinusitis.

[Great Dane]

Some good news for a change, I must say I am surprised, juries usually like to screw big tobacco ....... right or wrong.

[Squawk 8888]

Great news- rational decisions by juries are rare these days. Anyone with any knowledge of aviation could tell you that th sinus problems were caused by frequent pressure changes and crappy ventillation, something they warn us about in groundschool.

[Just another Joe]

I was around smokers and all I got was this lousy sinusitis.

No, no, no, it's, "I was around smokers and all I got they gave me was this lousy sinusitis."

[SouthernFreebird]

LOL, don't cha know she was hoping for a cancer cell or two.....now, thats where the money is.

[KS Flyover]

Some good news for a change, I must say I am surprised, juries usually like to screw big tobacco ....... right or wrong.

Some good news fer sure. The jury actually took their time and studied the scientific evidence, or the lack of scientific evidence.

[SheLion]

A doctor testifying for the cigarette makers said he did not believe smoke caused Janoff's illness and their lawyers blamed allergies and a sinus operation that they said went awry.

When I worked as a Government Travel Agent, I was privy to the information about the "filters" in the airplanes.

At that time, they had a smoking section, and increased the air to clear out the smoke. The filters were really filthy! Experts went in to test the air, and the air was just as bad in the NON smoking section as it was in the smoking section!

But get this: once the airlines went smoke free, the filters are STILL filthy because they aren't using as much air, to save on fuel so they say.

It' all BS!!!!

[KS Flyover]

It' all BS!!!!

I know that's right!

Hey SheLion, how about pinging your smoker list.

Thanks

[SheLion]

Not ALL Flight Attendants are idiots

Heroes Do Smoke"

The Flight Attendant from American Airlines Flight 63
Christina Jones

Heroes Do Smoke

[KS Flyover]

Great news- rational decisions by juries are rare these days.

Ain't dat a fact.

Too much touchy-feely victim-i-zation goin' on out dare. </Ernest Hollings Voice>

[altair]

Good news for a change.

[Squawk 8888]

But get this: once the airlines went smoke free, the filters are STILL filthy because they aren't using as much air, to save on fuel so they say.

That was the deal that got the airlines to jump on the ban wagon. It started in Canada when the Minister of Transport bribed the airlines to ban smoking, in exchange for reduced ventillation standards. The cabin air is recycled so much now that the air quality is actually less healthy than it was when smoking was allowed. As my favourite poster over at Trash Talk pointed out, the solution to pollution is dilution.

[Looking4Truth]

Whadda' ya' whinin' about be-yotch! No one can smoke on U.S. planes anymore thanks to whiners like you!

I'm not sexist or anything, but I used to amuse myself by calling for a 'stewardess' and getting the indignant attitudes.

[Great Dane]

#13....... Yes flight crews do smoke, next time you are in an airport with a smoking lounge, note most people in there are crew.

[SheLion]

I was around smokers and all I got was this lousy sinusitis.

Then stay away from smokers! Simple!