More legroom, an upper deck lounge and the freedom to smoke to one's heart's content are the promises of the new SMINTAIR which hopes to make a maiden voyage from Dusseldorf to Tokyo in March 2007.
Alexander Schoppman, Managing Director at SMINTAIR, assures his future flyers that smoking in airline cabins is safe, and he says that airlines only stopped allowing their passengers to smoke in order to save money on fuel and air conditioner filters. On SMINTAIR's website, Schoppman also denies that second-hand smoke is a health threat and compares today's anti-smoking campaigns to those of the Nazis.
A report issued last month by the U.S. Surgeon General concluded that secondhand smoke exposure can cause heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults and is a known cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory problems, ear infections and asthma attacks in infants and children.SMINTAIR promises to take passengers back to the glory days of air travel by providing elegant meals and attentive service. This step back in time also includes the promise of "charming and beautiful flight attendants."
"In the 50s, 60s and 70s, I was always looking forward to every flight, enjoying a luxurious experience above the clouds," Schoppman says. "The stewardesses (yes, that was the job title, and they were proud of it!) were all friendly, very pretty and in their fresh uniforms."
Tickets have not yet gone on sale for the maiden flight, but SMINTAIR has 120 open positions for flight attendants, according to their website.
Well, harkening back to the "good ole days," eh? Any stewardesses ready to breathe in more of that smoke?
2 comments:
Rather than idiotic rationalizations, Schoppman should just admit that he's serving German & Japanese businessmen who smoke, & it's such a long flight that he might well turn a profit.
Well, that's exactly what I thought. It's only a matter of time before there's a route from Seoul to Los Angeles that is all smoking.
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