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waldo135 , 03-29-2023 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaww

The difference is nothing fits in them except a Coke can. I have bought skinnier and skinnier cups and non have fit. I gave up. Some people have specific ones that work. I don’t like those that work.

There are a few thermos type containers that also fit. If you search Amazon for the GSI brand 17oz, they make a nice vacuum walled thermos with a locking top. Fits perfectly and keeps coffee hot for hours.

#172

zippinbye , 03-29-2023 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux

Interesting to us non-Airbus pilots. Didn't realize this was a thing.

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/...a350-consoles/

Airbus Spill-Proofs A350 Consoles

By Russ Niles -Published:September 6, 2020

For the want of a good fitting cup holder, Airbus had to reengineer the center console of its new flagship A350 long-range twin (with apologies to Ben Franklin). As we reported in February, the use of the conveniently flat and accessible center console as, well, a coffee table prompted the costly diversion of at least two A350s last winter. That resulted in an emergency AD from the European Aviation Safety Administration that essentially banned liquids within reach of the pilots. The AD also mandated a long-term fix and Airbus has reworked the nerve center of the aircraft’s engines to make it “liquid resistant” according to Flight Global.

The integrated flight panel has been redesigned to cast off spills without shutting down any of the engines, which is what happened on a Delta flight from Detroit to Seoul and an Asiana flight from Seoul to Singapore. In both instances one of the engines shut down and couldn’t be restarted. The Delta flight had to go to Fairbanks and the Asiana flight to Manila. After first banning liquids from sensitive areas of the cockpit, Airbus created a cover that would protect the controls. The liquid-resistant integrated flight panel is the final fix and it will be mandated by EASA soon. It’s not clear if the EASA mandate will include bigger cup holders. There are at least two located well out of harm’s way to the left of the captain and right of the FO but they’re too small for the paper cups used by most airport vendors.

Nobody has been able to verify for me that 320 & 330 aircraft do not have the same liquid spill susceptibility, but time in service without an issue suggests otherwise. But the principle is the same; electrical switches on the center console that that tell the FADEC either “run” or “cease to operate.” It would be surprising if the earlier electric jets had spill protection qualities, and that safeguard was not carried over to the 350.

#173

Tailhookah , 03-30-2023 09:40 AM

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Purser told me they will have new eco-green woke lids to put on the paper Starbucks cups. The world is saved. 18 pages. Woof.

#174

OOfff , 03-30-2023 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Tailhookah

Purser told me they will have new eco-green woke lids to put on the paper Starbucks cups. The world is saved. 18 pages. Woof.

imagine thinking a coffee cup lid is “woke.”

#175

gloopy , 03-30-2023 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Tailhookah

Purser told me they will have new eco-green woke lids to put on the paper Starbucks cups. The world is saved. 18 pages. Woof.

wonder if they have the paper straws in plastic wrappers yet?

#176

m3113n1a1 , 03-30-2023 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by OOfff

imagine thinking a coffee cup lid is “woke.”

It's gotta be exhausting for these guys being offended by everything...

#177

gloopy , 03-30-2023 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by m3113n1a1

It's gotta be exhausting for these guys being offended by everything...

There's a difference between being offended and simply rolling one's eyes at the megaphone on blast politics in everything 24/7/365 world to appease the fake twitter boycot bots farms.

And I consider myself more of an "environmentalist" than most.

#178

CBreezy , 03-30-2023 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by gloopy

It streamlines supply chains, likely saves money and has the added benefit of being better for your health and being more environmentally friendly. The ONLY people screaming politics are the ones who have turned this into a woke cause.

#179

OOfff , 03-30-2023 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gloopy

imagine thinking getting rid of hormone-altering and environmentally awful styrofoam is a political issue.

#180

Jaww , 03-30-2023 11:06 AM

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I found it odd when I arrived at delta that we still used styrofoam. I thought most major businesses got rid of them.