ASA Anyone else RIFing these 1.5L waters?

[OCP]

Does anyone actually like these things? Maybe for the hotel, but with our type of flying they suck! Its nice to get on a plane with a 1/2 full bottle on the flight deck and then throw it out because you don't know who took a tug on that thing!

 

[zawillif]

I would think most people are using cups if they are leaving the half-empty bottle. If they are taking tugs off it then they take it with them.

 

[OCP]

Yeah... But do you KNOW that?

 

[Grinder10]

Just trade the half full bottle for a full one. The pax can have the mystery bottle.

 

[Max Q]

RIF: "My FO was enjoying his 1.5L of bottled water when we were issued a traffic alert by ATC and simultaneously received a TA on TCAS. Given the over-sized nature of the bottle, unfortunately, reference to the horizon was lost entirely as the FO took a sip. Caught off guard by the alert, the FO fumbled with the large bottle in an attempt to gain visual reference to the conflicting aircraft. Frantically, he tried maneuvering the bottle under the glare shield, over the yoke, through the headrest, around the thrust levers, but no amount of maneuvering could evacuate the water bottle from our field of vision in time for us to gain visual contact with the aircraft. We're not sure how close we came but that VSI sure was red.”

-Brett

 

[COOPERVANE]

classic!

 

[711-24-7]

Creative!!

 

[Abernathy]

Are we bitching about water bottles now

Miniature Dasani bottles are not cheap. We handed out thousands and thousands a day. It adds up to a lot, and it was wasteful, as much as I liked the mini bottles.

Getting big bottles and serving water in cups is going to save a lot of money. One of these big bottles lasts me an entire trip. It's a hassle carrying it around but that's what the cabin trash bags are for.

Choose your battles wisely.

 

[Papa Woody]

I took a swig off a 1/2 bottle that was found on the flight deck.

The next day, I had a large, painful, oozing herpetic pustule on my lower lip.

Don't do it!

 

[Abernathy]

I got AIDS from one of those bottles

 

[sweptback]

Getting big bottles and serving water in cups is going to save a lot of money. One of these big bottles lasts me an entire trip. It's a hassle carrying it around but that's what the cabin trash bags are for.

Seriously? I don't think you're drinking enough water then... I go through about one a day.

 

[dickburns]

aaah, the luxuries of airline life. You guys are complaining about HOW your water is packaged?

Visit the freight world. We don't even *get* catering, or beverage service...I wouldn't complain if we had 3gallon poland springs bottles that we had to drink from with cups made out of dried gourds by 8 yr old Masai kids in the Serengeti.

It's water, drink it!

 

[dickburns]

Max Q...i like the humor and brief dialogue, but if you're at cruise in PCA, it'd be merging targets that ATC would issue you, not a traffic alert!

 

[Max Q]

Womp womp wahhhhhhhhhh.....

 

[dickburns]

heh.

 

[zawillif]

heh.

Hey Dick you're alive . . thought we lost you in a freight related crash there.

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Hey dickburns I miss the re-runs of Chips and A-team I wish they would bring em back! Oh and how about Knight Rider!!!

 

[Jmoney]

Back in the old days....

aaah, the luxuries of airline life. You guys are complaining about HOW your water is packaged?

Visit the freight world. We don't even *get* catering, or beverage service...I wouldn't complain if we had 3gallon poland springs bottles that we had to drink from with cups made out of dried gourds by 8 yr old Masai kids in the Serengeti.

It's water, drink it!

Back in the old days......

-We used to drink camel urine because we rode thru the desert on a horse with no name (camel urine beats horse urine any day)... Long story. (If you don't believe me, just pick up a cool Busch beer-you will see.)

-We built the damn plane from spare parts acquired from Cuba-we did our own maintenance and provided all our own lubricants through "inventive" measures.... Camel urine makes great APU oil. Don't ask where the engine lube comes from. Hint: it involves General Lee and an attractive goat.

-We never used flight attendants..... There was a big, pissed off Kazakistanian woman named "Helga" who wore a rubber glove only on "her" left hand. The passengers never talked back-they were made aware that Helga would give them some "re-education" if "she" encountered any lip. No one wanted to find out what that was.

-We even had a "terror response plan." The plan involved General Lee "the Gimp" climbing out of a box and Helga. The two love birds would then engage in acts which would make Satan himself weep. We figured that this scene would scare any terrorists so badly they would probably just stroke out and meet Allah right then and there.... Problem solved.

-Ahh, the Good Old Days....

 

[Abernathy]

Seriously? I don't think you're drinking enough water then... I go through about one a day.

Actually, what I said is based on the three, 2-day trips I've done this month. And yeah, I prob don't drink enough water anyways..

 

[SiuDude]

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