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Monday, December 18, 2006
Man charged with in-flight smoking
The Scotsman report that, "A man is set to stand trial charged with smoking aboard an aircraft heading to Glasgow from Tenerife. William Dorans, 60, from Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire, denied the charge when he appeared from custody at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday." As one commenter says, "Strange, isn't it? A man kept in custody before appearing in court on a charge of smoking on a aircraft, yet they seem to be happy to let murderers, rapists, child molesters and the like, out on bail."
Whilst there may well be much more to the story to warrant detention, it looks like one part of the story we are missing, since smoking appears not to have actually been a danger in all the years it was allowed on flights, is that airlines save money by banning smoking on planes. In actual fact, with air cleaned less frequently, you might want to wish that smoking was still allowed - for the sake of your health.
Man charged with in-flight smoking
