Airline passenger throws fit and arrested over ecig usage

[Concat]

Unable To Get Nicotine Fix, Southwest Passenger Resorts To Throwing Peanuts & Pretzels At Flight Attendants - The Consumerist

Probably been posted elsewhere, but I never venture otuside the Canuck forum... haha.

A passenger on board a Southwest Airlines flight from L.A. to salt Lake City was arrested earlier this week after he allegedly hurled bags of snacks at flight attendants to express his frustration over being unable to inhale fumes from an electronic cigarette.
According to the salt Lake Tribune, the passenger was getting his pre-takeoff nicotine fix from an e-cig when an attendant informed him that the devices are not allowed to be used on board a plane.
The passenger put the nicotine delivery device away... for a while. The criminal complaint against him states that he got angry when asked a second time to stop using the e-cigarette.

From the Tribune:

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Later, he threw peanuts and pretzels at the flight attendant and at the flight deck door in an apparent attempt to protest the airline's policy banning electronic cigarettes, the complaint states. The flight attendant asked [the passenger] to stop his unruly behavior, but as the flight approached Salt Lake City International Airport, [the passenger] jumped up and started opening overhead containers, the complaint states.
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The man was greeted by FBI agents when the plane reached its destination. He was arrested and charged with interference with a flight crew.

 

[The0n3]

haha that's funny, but at the same time terrible media for are beloved ecig and not what we need to be putting in the public eye... but still funny =)

 

[Concat]

Yeah, I don't like the word "fumes" either. The word is usually associated with something toxic.

 

[cactusgirl]

Unable To Get Nicotine Fix, Southwest Passenger Resorts To Throwing Peanuts & Pretzels At Flight Attendants - The Consumerist

Probably been posted elsewhere, but I never venture otuside the Canuck forum... haha.

Wonder if this guy is an ECF member?! He's obviously an idiot though...either that or a narcissist who believes that rules don't apply to him.

 

[Concat]

Just stealth vape in the bathroom and no one will be any wiser.

 

[lickwid]

Just stealth vape in the bathroom and no one will be any wiser.

Watch out for those smoke detectors....

 

[Credo]

Just put a few drops of e-liquid in your coffee (or whatever you drink) and though it out till you're free of planes and airports

 

[LauraBolyard]

A trip to maine several weeks ago is what led me to a Smoketip. It has lasted longer than that and I have never looked back, LOVE IT!!! BUT, on the flight, I was very discrete, noone even knew I had it!!

 

[Concat]

Watch out for those smoke detectors....

As long you hold it in for like 30 seconds (overkill) and no visible vapor is exhaled, the smoke detectors won't be set off. Just saying it's better than throwing peanuts at the stewards... haha. Not suggesting people should violate airline policies.

Can you get arrested for it? There's no law stating you can't vape on a plane, but maybe they'd get you for disrupting a flight or whatever. Obviously in this case the guy was arrested for assault with a peanut and not the vaping itself.

 

[Eileithia]

As long you hold it in for like 30 seconds (overkill) and no visible vapor is exhaled

I do this at work, and really about 3-5 seconds is all you need. My boss knows I vape at work, as do the employees directly around me (they don't care). The last thing I need is HR breathing down my neck because one of the employees who have nothing better to do but complain about other employees in the office sees me blowing "smoke" rings.

I don't have time to educate 200+ sales / marketing people, so I'm somewhat careful, but I don't hold back if someone's at my desk either.

This guy was an idiot, and was probably blowing huge clouds over his head, or had a juice that stank like gym shorts. There's no reason anyone should have even known what he was doing if he was careful.

 

[Concat]

Yay for vaping at work *cyber high-five*

I do it at my desk and no one has ever complained. I figured I would run into resistance, but most people just think it's comical to see me puffing rings while on the phone.

 

[Eileithia]

Yay for vaping at work *cyber high-five*

I do it at my desk and no one has ever complained. I figured I would run into resistance, but most people just think it's comical to see me puffing rings while on the phone.

LOL.. Ya, I've actually had a few odd looks. My boss thinks it's great that I'm taking my smoke breaks at my desk.. You know.. productivity and all. The only time I do the huge cloud over my head thing is when someone asks about what it is.

I've managed to convert 3-4 fellow workers, but I think I'm the only one so far that vapes all day at their desk.

 

[DevilFishPhil]

What a loser! If this guy was really trying express his disagreement with the airline's policy and was hoping to actually make a difference there are a hundred better ways to do it then throwing peanuts at flight attendants who are in no way responsible for setting these policies.

 

[EastSideToker]

HA HA ...

seriously tho peanuts Kill ... not vapers

Peanuts Kill More Americans Than Terrorists
If western governments were really trying win the "war on terror" they wouldn't give terrorists so much credit

 

[Credo]

HA HA ...

seriously tho peanuts Kill ... not vapers

I'm kinda blown away by the anti-peanut craze of late.
Georgia, once the peanut state, has outlawed peanuts being anywhere near schools. Some kids are severely allergic to them it seems, hence the ban.

So you might not be far from the truth about killer peanuts....

 

[smokum]

Peanut bans are the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.... how the hell can kids build up a resistance if the antagonist is taken completely out of the picture. The amount of kids today allergic to peanuts is.... well.... NUTZ.

"Most" allergies (super sensitivities) can be altered by low dosage exposure to the allergen. Complete lack of exposure only reinforces the allergy and creates turmoil in the end.

Thank Jebus I don't have kids..... how the hell does one "grow up" without peanut butter & jam ??

 

[Eileithia]

I seriously think the increase in breathing problems and kids getting sick all the time is the hepa filters people are putting on everything from vaccuums to furnaces. You need those bugs in your system or you'll get taken out if someone sneezes on you on the bus.

 

[Concat]

If your kid can die from smelling a peanut, well I'm sorry, but homeschool him. You can never be sure others will follow the rules. Either that or maybe you shouldn't get too attached.

 

[Credo]

If your kid can die from smelling a peanut, well I'm sorry, but homeschool him. You can never be sure others will follow the rules. Either that or maybe you shouldn't get too attached.

Yeah, where does it stop? If everything that has a handful of folks who are allergic to it gets 'banned'...well, that doesn't leave much!

I think the ban is mainly on using peanut oils and stuff like that when cooking. Cases have happened where kids ate something and had no idea it had peanut oil in it...so even if properly trained to watch out for the stuff...they missed it and almost died. Rather than risk it, they just banned peanuts from the kitchen.

 

[NanoVapor]

......... is the word people, and its making a comeback.