Skipping the coffee?
 

A university studied the water quality on planes. You may want to skip the coffee on these two airlines
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airline-water-study-wellness-trnd/index.html

“Airlines are required to provide safe drinking water for passengers and crew because of the Aircraft Drinking Water Rule, a federal government policy which dates back to 2011.”

Bound to join the trend of being rolled back?

https://biggeekdad.com/2012/10/move-the-deer-crossing/

I believe that this was posted earlier somewhere. That said, this is nothing new and certainly not isolated to just US based airlines. If I remember correctly, the last time this flared up, it was Cathay who was the target.

The problem is that the potable tanks are not purged and flushed often enough. So bacteria has the perfect place to grow... I suspect if you could get into the tank, you'd prob find orange slime everywhere.

The tanks need to be flushed more than once every few months... As well as the water dispensers.

Personally, this is why I bring my own water bottle.

One other thing. Wash your hands with soapy water... Then use hand sanitizer once you get back to your seat. Not everyone washes their hands while in the lavatory... So the door mechanisms aren't that safe either... And yes, gross.....

How many times will this be posted to FT?

... I guess I'm the only one around here with an immune system; it's served me well for 5 decades (and counting) now.

Not quite the only one. Articles such as these remind me that growing up as a "free range kid" helped develop a robust immune system and I am therefore not troubled with the concerns of the cloistered.

The article ignores the fact that tea and coffee are both served hot on airlines and the water is heated to or near the boiling point, temperatures beyond which most pathogens do not survive.

Alcohol helps, thus I tend to stick to the cocktails and whiskies, other than that it's cans of soft drinks.

:-)

I like how this flyer thinks.