Originally Posted by
prathetkrungthep
Somewhat related to this conversation: apparently supply chain issues have affected the plastic cups! Hard to tell from the picture, but on American Eagle (Republic) 7 December (RDU-JFK), my drink was served in an abnormally small cup and FA said it was because they could not get a supply of the regular ones. This meant that basically I was drinking gin on the rocks as there was maybe a splash of tonic at best. I think there’s a simple solution to this: bring back glassware!

you might be right about supply chain issues. My flight up to PHL from MIA on Tuesday morning it was paper cups for coffee tea etc.
But last night on the return, it was china cups for tea coffee….. i guess some jams in the chain at some points….