Comments on: Ashtrays in Airplanes?

By: Avangelist

Avangelist — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:11:12 +0000

I have been thinking about this over the last few years. The air industry has failed to evolve their default. The law around the world is becoming more and more than you cannot smoke in public confined spaces. The default is now No Smoking. If they need an indicator it should be for when you can smoke.

By: Choice Rhythms

Choice Rhythms — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:56:58 +0000

If you fly spending shy RyanAir you can experience the joy of still having ashtrays in the seat arms. Usually full of chewing gum and sweet wrappers. Ick.

By: Vicky Teinaki

Vicky Teinaki — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:24:55 +0000

@Jerrod, whoops, I can’t count, somehow made out 1990 to be 30 rather than 20 years ago, amended!
Good point on aging fleets and country rules, though I’m sure it’d be the type of thing they add in rather than take out (it’d need to be able to be cleaned etc in a smoking situation).

By: jerrod

jerrod — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:51:28 +0000

Actually, there are other reasons for ashtrays and no-smoking signs in aircraft: 1) some commercial airplanes are decades old when the US did allow smoking on airplanes (smoking was bannned in the late 1980s, believe it or not), and 2) there are many parts of the world where aviation authorities still allow smoking (or at least they allowed it much later than the US). So, those signs are really there because a) some airplanes pre-date the no-smoking rules and refitting their interiors are expensive, and b) because globalization means that the major airframers try to create one interior that can be sold to all countries–even those who allow smoking.

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