Peanuts off the menu at Qantas!!!!!

[Yada Yada]

Hey thats a good idea now! Just imagine bringing on a hot pack of butter chicken or something similar with a nice aroma that wafts through the whole cabin.

That reminds me... I often buy a coffee in T2 and take it onboard with me when flying Virgin Blue. I love good coffee and just cannot drink the instant coffee served on board.

However I tried to take a coffee onboard a QF flight last year but the dragon at the gate would not let me.

 

[serfty]

... However I tried to take a coffee onboard a QF flight last year but the dragon at the gate would not let me.

Must have been a bad day for the dragon or something. I've seen quite a few people sipping their latte or long black out of a cup shorlty after boarding. ...

Then again, 'm not sure I would like these things flying around the cabin during a rough takeoff or something...

 

[NM]

Carrying food and beverages onboard is very common in the USA. I still find it strange to see business men walking down the aisle balancing their McDonalds meal while wheeling their oversized cabin luggage behind them.

 

[JohnK]

Then again, 'm not sure I would like these things flying around the cabin during a rough takeoff or something...

Better a polystyrene or cardboard cup of coffee hitting you in the head than a laptop.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Better a polystyrene or cardboard cup of coffee hitting you in the head than a laptop.

The laptop should be placed in the overhead bin or under the seat in front for takeoff, or at worst in the seat pocket in front. Not risking damaging any pax.

A hot coffee being flung around can scold the pax who brought it on as well as those seated nearby.

 

[NM]

A hot coffee being flung around can scold the pax who brought it on as well as those seated nearby.

This is obviously true. However, I have wonder just how hot the coffee will be by the time aircraft is ready for take-off if it was purchased inside the terminal, carried through the boarding gate and onto the aircraft. In my experience, you would need to be purchasing the coffee at least 15 mins before take-off, if not more like 20-25 mins. So if you have not consumed it by them ,I would expect the venom will have gone from any thermal discharge, though a right mess would be the inevitable result.

Any coffee carried onto the aircraft would need to be consumed prior to take-off or stored like any other carry-on item for take-off and landing.

And prior to take-off, the risk is no different to carrying hot coffee in any queue situation. I expect the airlines would require that any carried on hot beverage must have a lid (a common requirement for many venues). But of course when they pour your coffee in the aircraft it is in an open cup.

Note that when AA offer pre-flight beverages to their first class passengers (not as common as it used to be) they will happily server coffee if requested. But they will clear it away before take-off.

 

[Yada Yada]

Any coffee carried onto the aircraft would need to be consumed prior to take-off or stored like any other carry-on item for take-off and landing.

Virgin Blue FA's have never asked me to consume my coffee before take-off.

 

[Soundguy]

It's OK, I'll beat your 'smell temptation' by bringing my own Peking Duck.

Bit of competition huh? Want me to bring a portable barbie on board? A few juicy sizzling T-bones will outdo your greasy duck anyday! We'll show Qantas how to do meals..... Would a small coffee machine work in the laptop power outlet? :shock:

 

[NM]

Virgin Blue FA's have never asked me to consume my coffee before take-off.

And do they let you hold onto it during takeoff? Or do they make you store it in the overhead locker or under the seat in front of you?

I am not sure I would be very pleased if the passenger sitting next to me was holding a cup of coffee during take-off, especially if a morening flight and I was wearing unstained clothes on my way to a business meeting.

 

[oz_mark]

And do they let you hold onto it during takeoff? Or do they make you store it in the overhead locker or under the seat in front of you?

I am not sure I would be very pleased if the passenger sitting next to me was holding a cup of coffee during take-off, especially if a morening flight and I was wearing unstained clothes on my way to a business meeting.

Do they become stained during the business meeting...

Just wondering if you would mind it happening on the way home!

 

[Yada Yada]

And do they let you hold onto it during takeoff? Or do they make you store it in the overhead locker or under the seat in front of you?

Yep, they let me hold it and drink it. It's a take-away cup so it has a lid and therefore almost no chance it will spill. Most times I've finished it before we finish the long taxy run at SYD anyway.

Do they become stained during the business meeting...

Just wondering if you would mind it happening on the way home!

I guess it depends on the type of business - maybe food gets thrown at NM's business meetings? Or maybe he has very rowdy lunches at the pub? :shock:

 

[NM]

Do they become stained during the business meeting...

Just wondering if you would mind it happening on the way home!

Much less concerned on the way home. Mrs NM is used to cleaning all sorts of stains from my clothing following business trips . Coffee is one of the easier ones to explain/justify .

 

[Commuter]

Want me to bring a portable barbie on board?

But that would be classed as dangerous goods!

Would a small coffee machine work in the laptop power outlet? :shock:

I bet you can get one from a camping shop :mrgreen:

 

[Soundguy]

But that would be classed as dangerous goods!

Yeah, the security guys might notice a BBQ! They are mostly interested in things like nail clippers and knitting needles though, actually I suspect few would recognise a true dangerous item if it dropped on their heads. There are fundamental flaws in the security and screening process in Australian airports, I have checked this out. Lucky I'm very harmless! But I will leave the BBQ at home in case. Hope you enjoy your Peking duck.

 

[JohnK]

A hot coffee being flung around can scold the pax who brought it on as well as those seated nearby.

Don't drink coffee but would imagine that by the time you board aircraft the coffee would be very cold.

 

[serfty]

Don't drink coffee but would imagine that by the time you board aircraft the coffee would be very cold.

Actually, with the insulating foam cups used these days, my long blacks tend to stay undrinkable for abaout 30 minutes; plenty of time for boarding...

 

[NM]

Don't drink coffee ...

Ahh, now that explain it .

 

[JohnK]

Ahh, now that explain it .

Not drinking coffee is only part of the explanation.