Coralreef Lover

I was reading an article on professional ways to avoid jet lag. I would take a few bottles of spring water on board. Instead of depending on flight attendants I had my own comfort to help keep me hydrated. An excerpt from the article: "The air within an airplane is often drier than in the desert! While the air humidity of the Sahara amounts to about 20 per cent, it occurs at long distance flights that it falls below the ten-per cent border. Therefore you should drink much water during, before and after the flight.

Professionals take beverages themselves

In many cases the water on board isn’t particularly good-tasting and is served in containers by the size of an egg cup. You won’t to constantly trouble a flight attendant with your desires. Therefore take yourself also a large bottle of your preferential mineral water on board."

Reading that I had to sing the lyrics:

"Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la...
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days"

Superguy

Truly sad indeed. Especially when people believe that water can bring down a plane. /sigh

Cholula

Granted, there was a brief, unfortunate period of time where you couldn't bring liquids on board. But to be honest, you can bring as much water as you want on board an aircraft nowadays. You just can't carry it through security.

But if you're willing to pay the usurious prices for water at the gateside concessions or to haul some empty bottles and refill them at water fountains after security, you can bring on board enough water to quench a camel's thirst.

Steelehc

Get some empty 3oz bottles and bring them along with you, filled with water, whiskey, or whatever. You can fit a healthy amount of whiskey in a 1qt victory bag.

michellemck99

Unless one is unlucky enough to be traveling to the US from an international location where somehow the rules have evolved such that the water bottles purchased inside security can't be brought on board. This was my experience within the past year at SJD and HKG.

And both were discovered after I paid said usurious prices!

Cholula

I didn't realize that.

They're taking a page, it seems, from the beginning of this water madness in the US.

mangokitty92262

But, didn't you feel safer?

Sierra Kilo

For the record, the liquids hysteria began in the UK. I believe the culprits have now just begun trial.

PatrickHenry1775

No, the culprits are still cashing government paychecks in London and Washington, D.C.

sinanju

And while they may have believed their plan to be feasible, it was not. We might as well ban invisible pink unicorns as ban water in reasonably sized bottles.

Cee

I hear ya...those invisible pink unicorns always look shady! Ban them all!

michellemck99

Nah, pretty much just pissed and parched.

Steph3n

I just bring a 1 liter EMPTY bottle and a water filter with me and fill it up from a fountain past security, never had a problem

I am considering getting something like this: http://www.rei.com/product/720270

straygaijin

According to the accused, he only planned to make an explosion at the airport - not onboard a plane.

Since the trial is in open court, perhaps we will find out the truth.

Wally Bird

Don't hold your breath, the UK govt. has as big a stake in this Liquid Menace as anyone, probably moreso. If the truth isn't what they want it to be, they'll change it.

And no, I don't believe the accused either.