E-Cig Banned on American Airlines

[MlrGrl]

I carry 2 mini bottles of juice. My regular juice produces clouds of vapor. My second bottle does not. I use the low vapor / high nic for the plane ride. One or two hits blown down the sink drain works for me, every two hours or so.

I could have sworn I read a story about someone vaping on a....US Air flight?? He went into the bathroom to vape and ended up setting off the alarm.
One of the comments back was that they would just blow the vapor into a paper towel while in the bathroom.

HTH...

[Elendil]

If you are blowing vapor, you are not holding it in long enough........Members have posted here about vaping in their seat without being noticed......

[MlrGrl]

If you are blowing vapor, you are not holding it in long enough........Members have posted here about vaping in their seat without being noticed......

I remember seeing that too....or, they'd just blow it down their shirt...

[ISAWHIM]

It is a liability, just in-case the devices cause harm, are not FCC approved devices, or are harmful to other users by the vapor exhausted.

They have to assume they are bad, until it is proven otherwise. (They won't care if you don't speak-up.)

[RIAFlight25]

Before I type ANY of this, I must add that I do not reccomend ANY of these practices, and I am just speakinf from my personal experience while travelling as a regular passenger on civill aircraft....

As far as the airlines go... Not many of them even know what an ecig is nor do their research before banning them on their flights. The airline I currently work for had never heard of an ecig before. I was called into the office by inflight management, and they were amazed at what this thing actually was, however asked me to treat it like a real cig until they can get a company wide yes or no answer on its use.

Most airlines you can vape right in your seat without being noticed... especially at window seats.

I just vaped on an American Airlines flight out of Miami sitting right in the First row of First class right by the galley... I was never looked at.

As far as the lavs..... Yes it IS Disgusting to even think of vaping in there, especially the chance of any of the fumes spilling out of the toilet coming anywhere NEAR my atomizer *Shudders* However desperate times calls for desperate measures...

The majority of smoke detectors in airplane lavatories do not detect smoke per se, rather than light density entering the sensor in the smoke detector. So, if you are vaping anywhere near that thing, it will most likely go off, however if you hold your vape in a lil longer, or exhale your vape downward, almost all vapor has evaporated before reaching the detector level.

For TSA- All I can say is Nic liquid is treated like any other liquid when passing TSA for non airline crew members, so remember 3-1-1. It is up to the individual TSA agents disgression as to whether or not something is suspicious or not. So Smile, be polite, ,and answer any questions they ask you. You should be just fine.

I have vaped on many major International airlines with no problems at all. Its so nice to not have to cram into those glass cages in Frankfurt where you dont even have to light a smoke to get nic, justt breathe the clouds in there. Not to mention being looked at like a caged animal in the zoo!

Sorry this post was so long... any questions regarding ecigs and airlines, airports, TSA, and travelling, feel free to PM me!

Safe travels!

[MlrGrl]

Sorry this post was so long... any questions regarding ecigs and airlines, airports, TSA, and travelling, feel free to PM me!

Safe travels!

Not long at all and very informative!
I left the 'biz' 10 years ago and so much has changed, especially after 9-11) it's almost like I was never there. One of my BFFs is still in it as a CSR, but getting info isn't the same as when you are around it 50+ hours a week...

THX for the insiders scoop!

[RIAFlight25]

Anything I can do to help Mlrgrl!

Hell the biz has changed so much just in the past year I have been in it! I only intended to do this short term to see the world... But it definitely gets in your blood!

[MlrGrl]

Anything I can do to help Mlrgrl!

Hell the biz has changed so much just in the past year I have been in it! I only intended to do this short term to see the world... But it definitely gets in your blood!

1 year = engaged
5 year = Married & in it for life! LOL

Yup; none of the jobs are for everyone, but if it's in your blood....oh, the fun & memories you will have!

[tribalmasters]

Do you think I will be OK vaping on the way to Egypt? I suppose I could do without the e-cig for the flight but what about my juice hehe!

[Jim Davis]

Couldn't you start up you computer and use a passthrough? I would think it is the electronic sensors built into the battery that causes the problem..

There *is* no problem. They don't want e-cigs used on their planes period. It don't matter if they're safe or not.