@rpaz18 wrote: Hi, I'm just wondering if SW has any safety policy on coffee cup lids. The reason I ask is that during my flight I ordered a cup of coffee and it was given to me with out a lid. ...If the coffee lids are already available I would suggest training the staff in serving the coffee with the lids attached. To answer your question - the policy is that there aren't lids. I'm reminding myself not to ramble on these topics, but can't help myself. The coffee with a lid would be hot for too long to drink on short flights, the issue of clean up of the lids getting everywhere, extra weight, material, cost, etc. There's also a reverse safety issue that you aren't supposed to carry drinks off the plane, or necessarily even around the plane - think of it more as getting a ceramic cup "for here" at the coffee shop. ...A giant coffeeshop with 143 to 175 seats that bounces around through the air. Pilots do get special cups that can have lids, so they exist and it is a known issue that was judged specifically to be "yes" in the cockpit and "no" in the cabin.
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