[' ', 'ISSUES', 'PRESENTED', '1)', 'Whether', 'the', 'Administrator', 'of', 'the', 'Federal', 'Aviation', 'Administra-', 'tion', 'erred', 'as', 'a', 'matter', 'of', 'law', 'in', 'concluding', 'that', 'although', 'he', 'is', 'obligated', 'to', 'provide', 'for', 'the', 'highest', 'possible', 'degree', 'of', 'safety', 'in', 'air', 'travel', 'and', 'although', 'there', 'is', 'no', 'reason', 'consistent', 'with', 'the', 'public', 'interest', 'to', 'con-', 'tinue', 'to', 'allow', 'smoking', 'on', 'airplanes,', 'he', 'may', 'refuse', 'to', 'impose', 'a', 'temporary', 'emergency', 'ban', 'on', 'smoking', 'on', 'airplanes', 'under', '49', 'U.S.C,', 'Section', '14B5(a)', 'until', 'it', 'has', 'been', 'conclusively', 'proven', 'that', 'smoking', 'on', 'airplanes', 'can', 'cause', 'fire', 'or', 'fire', 'induced', 'smoke,', 'impairment', 'of', 'mental', 'and', 'visual', 'acuity', 'of', 'crew', 'members,', 'and', 'adverse', 'health', 'consequences', 'for', 'non-smoking', 'passengers,', 'particularly', 'those', 'with', 'pre-existing', 'illnesses.', '2)', 'Whether', 'upon', 'a', 'showing', 'that', 'smoking', 'on', 'airplanes', 'can', 'cause', 'fire', 'or', 'fire', 'induced', 'smoke,', 'can', 'cause', 'impairment', 'of', 'mental', 'and', 'visual', 'acuity', 'of', 'crew', 'members', 'and', 'can', 'cause', 'adverse', 'health', 'consequences', 'to', 'non-', 'smoking', 'passengers,', 'particularly', 'those', 'with', 'pre-existing', 'illnesses,', 'it', 'was', 'arbitrary', 'and', 'capricious', 'for', 'the', 'Administrator', 'of', 'the', 'Federal', 'Avia~', 'tion', 'Administration', 'to', 'refuse', 'to', 'impose', 'a', 'temporary', 'emergency', 'ban', 'on', 'smoking', 'on', 'airplanes', 'while', 'he', 'is', 'conducting', 'in-depth', 'studies', 'of', 'these', 'safety', 'hazards', 'created', 'by', 'smoking', 'on', 'airplanes.', 'STATEMENT', 'PURSUANT', 'TO', 'RULE', '8(a)', 'Preliminary', 'matters', 'have', 'already', 'been', 'considered', 'and', 'disposed', 'of', 'by', 'the', 'Court', 'in', 'this', 'proceeding.', 'Simultaneous', 'with', 'the', 'filing', 'of', 'thé', 'record', 'in', 'this', 'case', 'appellants', 'filed', 'a', 'Motion', 'to', 'Advance', 'on', 'the', 'Docket', 'and', 'Expedite', 'based', 'on', 'the', 'emergency', 'nature', 'of', 'the', 'proceedings', 'involved.', 'On', 'September', '30,', '1970', 'Chief', 'Judge', 'Bazelon', 'granted', 'appellants’', 'motion', 'and', 'directed', 'the', 'Clerk', 'to', 'set', 'this', 'proceeding', 'down', 'for', 'early', 'argument.']