Galley ice
Sep 21, 2007 | 4:04 pm
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Galley ice
The FA's always offer ice with drinks. Is that ice catered, or produced by an on-board ice machine?
If the later, does the machine have its own sterile water supply, or does it use the notorious water tanks?
(for that matter, where does the water for coffee and tea come from, and is it heated enough to sterilize it?)
If the later, does the machine have its own sterile water supply, or does it use the notorious water tanks?
(for that matter, where does the water for coffee and tea come from, and is it heated enough to sterilize it?)
Sep 21, 2007 | 4:37 pm
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Ice is catered as ice. Have not seen any manufacturer offer an onboard icemaker yet, but thats not to say they don't exist (if you ever visit the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg you'll realise that everything has already probably been invented for inflight use, no matter how obscure or useless we might think it is).
Tea/coffee makers run off the potable water supply run through a standard electric heating filament. The potable water supply in turn runs either off a pump system or off a pressure compressor system, depending on the aircraft type. It is sometimes questionable which one of the potable tanks or the blue juice tanks is nastier.
Tea/coffee makers run off the potable water supply run through a standard electric heating filament. The potable water supply in turn runs either off a pump system or off a pressure compressor system, depending on the aircraft type. It is sometimes questionable which one of the potable tanks or the blue juice tanks is nastier.
Sep 21, 2007 | 4:45 pm
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Sep 21, 2007 | 7:26 pm
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i wonder if the banging is airline dependent. there was a thread not too long ago in the united forum about fa's banging on ice to break it up, and someone stated that some airlines actually do that before customers board!
By the way, if I notice it, then it means its happening on either Delta or American since those are the ones I fly. I think probably Delta.
Sep 21, 2007 | 7:53 pm
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From EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/airlinewater/index2.html
Airline Water Supplies ... Passengers with compromised immune systems or others concerned may want to request canned or bottled beverages and avoid drinking coffee, tea, and other drinks prepared with tap water.