[chrisfosterelli]

I wonder how air Canada reconciles this. There was a popular globe and mail article a while ago that gave awful rankings to air Canada's water tanks -- so the company put up signs in the bathroom saying the water is non-potable and called it a day.

Not super comforting if they're then using the same 'non-potable' water to make coffee...

[gruez]

>Not super comforting if they're then using the same 'non-potable' water to make coffee...

It's presumably boiled, which makes it potable?

[chrisfosterelli]

I guess I don't know exactly how these airplane machines work but in general ideal coffee brewing does not reach the full boiling point.

[illiac786]

boiling it will remove bacterias, but not toxins (if there are any).