Have pilots ever been allowed to smoke during flight?

Well in response to EAL_KING im sure that the pilots can take a minute break to have a smoke, the plane is not gonna go down, theres autopilot and the FO or it could be the Cpt.

Ariana did before Taliban.

Originally posted by EGNM
magic word = reasonable – how do u define it – reason if often pushed over and beyond the limits by someone with a differant defination!

I suppose I’m talking about a designated smoking area on the plane and perhaps a limit on the amount of fags consumed. Probably unworkable I know, but flying can be quite stressful for a lot of people and I’d rarther fly with a happy bunch than a stressed out bunch who quite frankly can be more irritating than a bit of cigarette smoke.

As I’ve said I don’t smoke myself, but I don’t really have any major objections to it as long as I’m not being affected by it personally.

Originally posted by robc
If any of you have watched any flight crew documentarys, they tell you how they use the vacumm sinks and go to the toilet but block the fire detector to have a smoke, cuz they dont just have to bear one flight its all the time for them

Sackable offence in any company I’ve worked for and quite rightly so. I wouldn’t knowingly let any of my colleagues do it either.

dont some of the Arabic airlines still allow smoking in the cabin (i think Kuwait Airways is one of them, but not sure)

LMAO EAL_KING, dont think it works like that mate!!!

Aeroflot allowed smoking uptil 1996 i think.

i hope they dont i dont want my pilot to be smoking and not concentrating on the plane

If any of you have watched any flight crew documentarys, they tell you how they use the vacumm sinks and go to the toilet but block the fire detector to have a smoke, cuz they dont just have to bear one flight its all the time for them

It was pretty awful for non-smoking pilots as smokers would just light up on the flightdeck. It also seemed that just about every flight engineer used to smoke as well. Most company ops manuals now preclude flightdeck smoking, in line with the cabin.

Prior to the switch to non-smoking airlines pilots were allowed to light up as well as the passengers. I don’t miss the days of those flights. blah.

Smoking does happen on flights, but the crews wont say anything because its against the Capt and/or FO.

magic word = reasonable – how do u define it – reason if often pushed over and beyond the limits by someone with a differant defination!

I don’t mind smoking (as a non smoker) as long as it’s not right in my face.

I can’t think of a reason why there couldn’t be a partition put up to separate smokers/non smokers like they put up a partition to separate business class and the rest of us.

I’m not pro smoking but if it helps people relax on a long flight then I could probably put up with it within reason.

i suppose if the pax could years ago, the pilots may have sneeked bak into the garrey in the cruise fior a quick one perhaps?