A university studied the water quality on planes. You may want to skip the coffee on these two airlines

[90DayFinancier 910]

Not current but topical

 

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airline-water-study-wellness-trnd/index.html

 

Skip the coffee, drink the hand sanitizer

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

So glad I drink liquid diabetes from a can instead.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

I would have to see the criteria used before making  a judgement. Are the testing for just bacteria or also for particulates and contaminates?

 

where did they catch the samples ? 

 

did  the test aggregate samples across several flights  or catch one sample on one flight?

 

Did they allow for other possible contaminants such as the faucet tip, prior bathroom use or other things used in serving ?

 

Lastly what kind of special idiot would drink tap water on an Airplane 

 

I never take anything in the media at face value

[90DayFinancier 910]

Just now, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I would have to see the criteria used before making  a judgement. Are the testing for just bacteria or also for particulates and contaminates?

 

where did they catch the samples ? 

 

did  the test aggregate samples across several flights  or catch one sample on one flight?

 

Did they allow for other possible contaminants such as the faucet tip, prior bathroom use or other things used in serving ?

 

Lastly what kind of special idiot would drink tap water on an Airplane 

 

I never take anything in the media at face value

Okay my cousin Vinny

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

5 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I would have to see the criteria used before making  a judgement. Are the testing for just bacteria or also for particulates and contaminates?

 

where did they catch the samples ? 

 

did  the test aggregate samples across several flights  or catch one sample on one flight?

 

Did they allow for other possible contaminants such as the faucet tip, prior bathroom use or other things used in serving ?

 

Lastly what kind of special idiot would drink tap water on an Airplane 

 

I never take anything in the media at face value

While they performed tests that were nowhere near the standards of the SDWA, the only methodology I'll accept to be okay with drinking plane water is them exhuming George Carlin's corpse and zombie George telling me I won't get cancer drinking the plane's port-a-potty water.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

ALL airlines have potable water supplies that become bacteria-infected from time to time.  The same as ANY small-tank storage system does.  And they require regular testing and purification.

 

And as NB pointed out, no one drinks tap water on a plane today.   Coffee and tea, yes. But that water is nearly boiled. 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

2 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

ALL airlines have potable water supplies that become bacteria-infected from time to time.  The same as ANY small-tank storage system does.  And they require regular testing and purification.

 

And as NB pointed out, no one drinks tap water on a plane today.   Coffee and tea, yes. But that water is nearly boiled. 

That part made me suspicious also. Tea and coffee are boiled . Fake news 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Just now, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

That part made me suspicious also. Tea and coffee are boiled . Fake news 

Well, to be fair, water needs to be boiled for at least 5 minutes to be "safe".  Hence the boil rule anytime a city's water supply breaks.  

 

The same problem applies at any coffee shop that doesn't have a piped-in water supply to their machines.  Bacteria can grow in water holding tanks, and they must be sanitized, but aren't always on the prescribed interval.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

6 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

Well, to be fair, water needs to be boiled for at least 5 minutes to be "safe".  Hence the boil rule anytime a city's water supply breaks.  

 

The same problem applies at any coffee shop that doesn't have a piped-in water supply to their machines.  Bacteria can grow in water holding tanks, and they must be sanitized, but aren't always on the prescribed interval.

I would also like to know if they sampled several planes from each carrier or picked one at random

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

   Spirit and Jet Blue tied for the worst scores? Didn't actually need a study to come up with that result.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

1 hour ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   Spirit and Jet Blue tied for the worst scores? Didn't actually need a study to come up with that result.

Gonna make a sandwich for this one 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

40 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Gonna make a sandwich for this one 

 

   Well If nothing else comes out of this, then at least we now know that you make your own sandwiches.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

Just now, Steeleballz said:

 

   Well If nothing else comes out of this, then at least we now know that you make your own sandwiches.

That was low and a visceral personal attack on my manhood 

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

58 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

That was low and a visceral personal attack on my manhood 

I don't think that goes in a sandwich. 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

World's best airlines for 2019 revealed by Skytrax

 

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/skytrax-awards-2019/index.html

 

Snip...

Best Regional Airlines

World's Best Regional Airline -- Bangkok Airways

Africa -- Royal Air Maroc

Asia -- Bangkok Airways

South America -- Azul Brazilian Airlines

North America -- JetBlue Airways

Central Asia / India -- Azerbaijan Airlines