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"wow now smokers are labeled as drug addicts"

cigerettes are technically a drug and they are addictive, so if your addicted to cigerettes then your a drug addict

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Originally Posted by Radial Song (Post 299020)

I would rather fly with a smoker than a presumptuous snob any day. As for hiring, again, I'd opt for hiring the smoker.

No way! I'd rather fly with a snob any day of the week. Smoking is a dirty habit, and smoking anywhere in the vicinity of non-smokers shows absolutely no respect or regard for my health (kind of goes hand in hand with other basic social skills). Thanks a million for polluting my air.

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Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB (Post 299370)

Thanks a million for polluting my air.

Unlike the unleaded fuel and Jet A burning machines we all use daily.;)

Slice (never have, never will, smoke, dip, inhale.)

Heres a better reason

Sorry to turn this into an anti-smoking rant, but feel the need to point this out.

My mom smoked all her life. This weekend, we will be driving up to see her again - She has elected to discontinue her treatement for lung cancer. I doubt my young kids will remember much about her.

If you won't quit for yourself, quit for the grandkids that you have not met yet that will never remember you.

Again, sorry for the hijack, but really felt the need to get that off my chest.

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Originally Posted by Jetjock65 (Post 299346)

Wow now smokers are labeled as drug addicts- guess airlines used to let pilots do drugs in the cockpit then. Your probally a guy who has a problem with people who have a drink every once in a while too, since that is the worst legal "drug" of them all.

Man it is easy to push your buttons. :D Alcohol is a horrible drug. If it was invented today it would never get approved. And of course I use it. I don't brag about it and I am taking steps to watch my intake. If I was not on reserve I would probably (note the spelling of probably) drink wine with dinner (and a few after) most every night. Unfortunately, I can not drink every night.

So you think smoking and alcohol are equivalent? Here's the difference: I don't take a sip of a drink and then spit it up in to your mouth. Is that a good enough visual for you? Do you see the difference now?

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Originally Posted by flyguyniner11 (Post 299369)

"wow now smokers are labeled as drug addicts"

cigerettes are technically a drug and they are addictive, so if your addicted to cigerettes then your a drug addict

Yes, except the drug is Nicotine. Cigarettes are the delivery method.

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Originally Posted by mike734 (Post 298998)

Alaska is a non-smoking airline. I was tested 11 years ago. I don't know if they test today but I believe they do.

Smoking is just stupid. I wouldn't hire you simply based on what it says about you and your personality. Dipping is just as bad. There is not much worse than setting up the cockpit for my flight and finding a dipping cup full of someone's, God knows what.

I suppose you can adopt the attitude of comedian Dennis Leary. "Sure they say smoking takes 5 years off your life. But aren't those the worst 5 years of your life?"

Hey, I thought Alaska was a "nicotine free" airline?

Im still a CFI. Smoking is a gross bad habit. I won't even train smokers on grounds it reflects a serious lack of good judgment. I can't wait to fly with the Marlboro Capt. at whatever airline I wind up at.

Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever flown with a smoker. That, in and of itself, say's something.

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Originally Posted by mike734 (Post 299401)

Yes, except the drug is Nicotine. Cigarettes are the delivery method.

I think your splitting hairs my friend

OK DUDE thats why it was a Question