Comments on: Travel oddities http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/ The bloggish website of Sami Mäkeläinen. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sim http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-225317 sim Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:22:33 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-225317 Thanks John for the information! Good to know there's an explanation, though one has to wonder why FAA can't update their regulations to reflect the modern reality of all non-smoking flights.. Thanks John for the information! Good to know there’s an explanation, though one has to wonder why FAA can’t update their regulations to reflect the modern reality of all non-smoking flights..

]]> By: John http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-225310 John Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:34:03 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-225310 You still find ashtrays on commercial airliners because they are mandated by the Federal Aviation Administraion, FAR 25.853(g): "Regardless of whether smoking is allowed in any other part of the airplane, lavatories must have self-contained, removable ashtrays located conspicuously on or near the entry side of each lavatory door, except that one ashtray may serve more than one lavatory door if the ashtray can be seen readily from the cabin side of each lavatory served". You still find ashtrays on commercial airliners because they are mandated by the Federal Aviation Administraion, FAR 25.853(g): “Regardless of whether smoking is allowed in any other part of the airplane, lavatories must have self-contained, removable ashtrays located conspicuously on or near the entry side of each lavatory door, except that one ashtray may serve more than one lavatory door if the ashtray can be seen readily from the cabin side of each lavatory served”.

]]> By: Gone Treasure Hunting » Nicotine Ghosts: The Vanishing American Ashtray http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-209962 Gone Treasure Hunting » Nicotine Ghosts: The Vanishing American Ashtray Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:23:55 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-209962 [...] also been spending more time than usual on airplanes lately. Sure enough, every single one has a little ashtray built into the bathroom door, usually just below the sign warning that anyone who disables [...] [...] also been spending more time than usual on airplanes lately. Sure enough, every single one has a little ashtray built into the bathroom door, usually just below the sign warning that anyone who disables [...]

]]> By: Nicotine Ghosts: The Vanishing American Ashtray | 02DN http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-209960 Nicotine Ghosts: The Vanishing American Ashtray | 02DN Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:02:20 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-209960 [...] also been spending more time than usual on airplanes lately. Sure enough, every single one has a little ashtray built into the bathroom door, usually just below the sign warning that anyone who disables [...] [...] also been spending more time than usual on airplanes lately. Sure enough, every single one has a little ashtray built into the bathroom door, usually just below the sign warning that anyone who disables [...]

]]> By: sim http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-187015 sim Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:23:52 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-187015 Chris, thanks for the info. I didn't know of such a requirement. Still, it'd be more fun if they had the perpetrator hold the illegal cigarette up and then put it out with a fire extinguisher ;) Chris, thanks for the info. I didn’t know of such a requirement.

Still, it’d be more fun if they had the perpetrator hold the illegal cigarette up and then put it out with a fire extinguisher ;)

]]> By: Chris http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-187014 Chris Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:19:02 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-187014 Airlines in the US are required to still have ashtrays. The reason for this is that if someone should light up, there needs to be a safe place for a flight attendant to extinguish the cigarette. It would be hazardous to just put it out on the counter in the lav and toss it in the trash and hope it doesn't light the trash on fire. Airlines in the US are required to still have ashtrays. The reason for this is that if someone should light up, there needs to be a safe place for a flight attendant to extinguish the cigarette. It would be hazardous to just put it out on the counter in the lav and toss it in the trash and hope it doesn’t light the trash on fire.

]]> By: Kati http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2008/10/03/travel-oddities/comment-page-1/#comment-173295 Kati Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:13:13 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=1299#comment-173295 Yep, sounds familiar =) We noticed the very same thing while in NZ for a couple of weeks. Food was so inexpensive!! :PPP Yep, sounds familiar =) We noticed the very same thing while in NZ for a couple of weeks. Food was so inexpensive!! :P PP

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