Airplane Turned Around today because of an E-Cig User.... Grrrr

[TennDave]

Just read this- not good publicity at all for vapers everywhere....Grrrr....
Flight departing Portland International Airport turns around after passenger lights electronic cigarette, becomes disruptive | OregonLive.com

My opinion- it's not the e-cig's fault. Sort of like It's not the gun's fault that killed the guy but the guy who pulled the trigger. So....this guy should have listened to the attendant and stopped using his e-cig. It's this kind of "I can vape anywhere attitude" that gives everyone who vapes a bad name and will end up creating rules that should not be in place. I think it was crazy to turn the plane around too..... Just too much made out of some narisistic idiot that happened to become belligerent with an e-cig. It could have been too much drinking on the plane instead...just happened to be an e-cig this time and bad timing for all of us in the grand scheme of things.

 

[bobthesalesclerk]

Sheesh. I hope he gets fined for this or worse. I don't care how much i think vaping should be allowed in places. If i am not in my own home and someone asks me not to do it i don't do it.

sent from my Ice Cream Sandwiched Gtablet

 

[TennDave]

I think every e-cig sold should have a "vaper's etiquette booklet" given away with it and a also on it, the CASAA URL.... Come on, people- Get Real!!

 

[Scottitude]

This is why I get so frustrated with the "I'll vape wherever I want" douchebags that think they're champions for vapers' rights

Odds are high that if the passenger had complied with the flight attendant's instructions there would have been no problem, no turn around, and zero negative press.

If anyone takes offense at my comment and thinks I'm calling them a ........., they're probably right.

 

[denali_41]

that was actually a well informed report on the ecig also

 

[TennDave]

that was actually a well informed report on the ecig also

Yes, good point...decent info on the e-cig unlike some stories I read. The comments made sort of bother me though. I just don't know how much the "unknowing public" can separate the e-cig (and see it for what it is) from the guy who was using it.
No matter what we're talking about that's good for people, there are always going to be fools involved.

 

[CountSmackula]

What a toolbag! (He's both a tool & a ..........)

 

[kristin]

Yes, good point...decent info on the e-cig unlike some stories I read. The comments made sort of bother me though. I just don't know how much the "unknowing public" can separate the e-cig (and see it for what it is) from the guy who was using it.
No matter what we're talking about that's good for people, there are always going to be fools involved.

The e-cigarette user is (allegedly) an idiot. There were some weird comments, though.

At some point after take off, the man turned on the cigarette.

That just sounds weird to me. You don't just "turn on" an e-cig - you use an e-cig. I'd love to hear his side of the story before I would pass judgement. But yeah - if you don't own the property, you abide by the rules. Period.

They [e-cigarettes] are, however, banned on Continental flights, as are any "electronic, simulated smoking materials" such as cigarettes, pipes or cigars, according to Continental's website.

Since when are cigarettes, pipes and cigars "electronic, simulated smoking materials?"

 

[TennDave]

Well, kristin- what do you expect. I was applauding how much they got right in the article. I figure those that don't know anything about e-cigs would typically get a whole lot more wrong.

 

[kristin]

Sorry - my post wasn't really directed at you - I was just saying there's something fishy about this whole thing to me.

 

[TennDave]

Sorry - my post wasn't really directed at you - I was just saying there's something fishy about this whole thing to me.

I agree- (and not taken personally) we'll see what happens. I'm sure this will make national news before it's over- not just the Oregonian.

 

[dragonbone]

Haven't read the link yet, but my goodness what a total idiot the pilot is!!! Fancy causing all those passengers to be delayed that no one can imagine what problems it caused people, cost of fuel, missed slots etc. The pilot must be a VERY angry ex. smoker, because I'm pretty sure that he wouldn't turn a plane around if someone 'turned on' their cell phone to play Words with Friends, or turned-on' on their Kindle or iPad' to surf Amazon or whatever!
Even if someone is caught smoking cigarettes (or even _edited_ on a flight), they just get arrested when the plane lands. No need to cause problems for hundreds of other people. How selfish.
Hope the pilot gets fired. Sorry, I know many here won't agree, but that is My opinion.

 

[TennDave]

Oh, I agree- I think it sometimes takes more than one idiot to cause a total F-ed up mess like this. In the end though, most will side with the pilot and unfortunately the e-cig will be the bad element in this story.

 

[Penner]

You cant take the stupid, out of stupid.

The person should have quit using the ecig, period. What a ..........

BTW: I had to edit this post, because ......... is acceptable, M O R O N is not, lol.

 

[cyberwolf]

What an idiot. It's stories like this that get me worried that ecigs could be banned from carry-on baggage.

 

[DrOckW]

No news is good news. Sadly between an accident in Florida and now this we're making headlines that well... don't shine well upon my choice. Wish the media would offer some stories of hope and survival related to this instead of negatives. But honestly the media tells us eggs are good/bad every other day. Drink wine, don't. Drink beer, don't. Coffee cures everything but is the root of all evil.

Just kind of frustrating.

 

[wfx]

i have mixed feelings about the 'bad press'. you're still going to get many converts out of stories like these. "any press is good press" ?

smokers are severely ...... at being ostracized. rightly so. and then the handful of obstinate idiots can make some good caselaw.

 

[denali_41]

i was on a northwest airlines transpacific flight,,some guy decided he couldn't wait any longer and light up a cigarette in flight..
really doubt that made the news !! no way would they turn that flight around !!!

 

[rothenbj]

Friend on plane tries to explain E Cig box mods to attendant.

 

[dragonbone]

Friend on plane tries to explain E Cig box mods to attendant.

Lol!!! That's hysterical!