By the way, although many people have specific needs for extra water (as
we've seen right here in this thread), my main objection to the water-ban is
the way it infantilizes passengers.

I don't think someone should have to have a "special need" in order to follow
what has been chapter-and-verse of good travel preparation for decades:
bring your immediate needs right with you, in case you need them. I.e. don't
rely on someone else to come and rescue you from predictable situations.

Sure, I carry more water than the average person, and more now than in
previous years because I'm pregnant and often travel with my children. But
I'm just as peeved that Mr. Business-Traveller-no-special-water-needs can't
carry *his* own water bottle. I just think that something as personal and
as *SAFE* as drinking water, should be a basic human right.

No one benefits when people have to beg overworked FA's for more
waitstaff services, even if there were adequate supplies of safe and
appropriate beverages onboard.

--LG