What Flight Attendants Want You to Know Before You Sip In-Flight

(Mix 93-1) Summer travel season may be winding down, but the holiday travel season will be heating up before you know it.

Folks from Dallas, to Houston, to Tyler will be packing their bags to squeeze in the last-minute well-deserved vacation with their family, or will be packing in the next few months for that holiday family reunion.

The flight, rental car, and hotel reservations are made, the activities are lined out, and the last thing you want is an illness to creep in and destroy those plans.

The Warning About Ordering Certain Drinks At 35,000 Feet

While a lot of the information on social platforms is inaccurate, there is some information that is eye-opening, thought-provoking, and helpful. Flight attendants are suggesting that passengers should never drink anything that is served to them on a plane unless they see it come from a can or a bottle.

A Message From Flight Attendants

Airline passengers are encouraged not to drink water served from pitchers while in flight.

The reason is, it's alleged that the airlines seem to rarely clean and disinfect the on-board water tanks. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires airlines to test and disinfect the water tanks regularly for public health; however, that doesn't appear to happen as often as required, according to this report. The EPA requires tanks to be emptied and tested for E. Coli and other bacteria at least four times a year for each aircraft.

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Why You Should Avoid Certain In-Flight Drinks

Airline employees have come out and said that if you are served water, tea, or coffee from anything other than a bottle or can, you should decline that drink. Oftentimes times those three drinks are prepared using the water from the tanks that seem to be rarely inspected.

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Safe Travel Tips Before You Fly

Something as simple as being served water, tea, or coffee from a pitcher or decanter could ruin your best-planned vacation. Don't let that happen to you. As the flight attendant in the TikTok video above says, arrive at the terminal early and pick up your coffee while in the airport.