Flight attendant reported that the lead flight attendant was smoking an e-cigarette throughout the f...

Narrative:

The lead flight attendant was smoking an e-cigarette during flight. The e cigarette was being smoked during pushback and taxi in the first class galley. The e-cigarette was being smoked during takeoff on the jumpseat. I addressed the rest of the crew about how to handle the situation. The crew responded with 'don't do anything. He has been doing this for years; but usually smokes in the lavatory. Plus you don't want to get in the middle of it.' after the beverage service; the lead sat in his assigned jumpseat and continued to smoke the e cigarette as first class passengers passed by to use the lavatory. I informed the captain of the situation with the lead smoking in flight. The captain addressed the lead and the lead denied even having an e-cigarette.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported that the Lead Flight Attendant was smoking an E-cigarette throughout the flight. The Captain addressed the issue with the Lead Flight Attendant; but the Flight Attendant denied having smoked.

Narrative: The Lead Flight Attendant was smoking an E-cigarette during flight. The e cigarette was being smoked during pushback and taxi in the first class galley. The E-cigarette was being smoked during takeoff on the jumpseat. I addressed the rest of the crew about how to handle the situation. The crew responded with 'don't do anything. He has been doing this for years; but usually smokes in the lavatory. Plus you don't want to get in the middle of it.' After the beverage service; the lead sat in his assigned jumpseat and continued to smoke the e cigarette as first class passengers passed by to use the lavatory. I informed the Captain of the situation with the Lead smoking in flight. The Captain addressed the Lead and the Lead denied even having an E-cigarette.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1309986
Time
Date	201511
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi Takeoff Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Flight attendant reported that the lead flight attendant was smoking an e-cigarette throughout the flight. The captain addressed the issue with the lead flight attendant; but the flight attendant denied having smoked.