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Isn't that because some customers want the ashtrays, and it's cheaper to just add them to everything.
by HWR_14 3y ago
Isn't that because some customers want the ashtrays, and it's cheaper to just add them to everything.
- Liquix 3y agoIt's hard to believe that "some" private customers have more sway over the plane manufacturing market than international airlines (the majority of which have banned smoking).
- HWR_14 3y agoIt's not a matter of sway. If 1 purchaser wants an ashtray, it's cheaper to add it to every plane than anything else. And, assuming that one purchaser cares enough to not buy your plane, it seems worth it to make a hundreds of millions of dollar sale. Of the airlines refused to buy planes with ashtrays, as opposed to not caring, that would be a different thing
- kube-system 3y agoAirplanes are not made in anywhere near the kind of volumes where the economies of scale would preclude profitably changing one interior part. Airbus and Boeing both make significant customizations for each airline. Some have entirely custom seating configurations. An ash tray is nothing. The reason they're on the plane is safety requirements.
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- kube-system 3y agoThe signs and the ashtray are a belt and suspenders approach to mitigate a situation where a lit cigarettes starts a cabin fire. Humans don't follow signs with 100% reliability, so the ash tray is a backup. They're on the plane for safety reasons, and required by law, even where smoking is also prohibited by law.