Desperate measure to advantage Boeing and its B787 (and future aircraft) which are using electrical power to pressurize the cabin (vs bleed air for Airbus).
At this point any change from Boring gives me shivers. Like with MCAS I expect it to be half baked and have at least a couple of incidents before FAA steps in and they have to do something about it.
Boeing has completely tarnished its brand name
The coffee/water/ice scare me more than either of those. A former FA family member told me longer term employees wouldn’t dare touch the stuff.
Although this article says that "most airlines" serve bottled water for this reason:
https://insights.globalspec.com/article/16509/airplane-water...
Although I have seen it claimed elsewhere that often the coffee and tea are made with water from the tap and not bottled. I suspect it may vary by airline.
If a hundred people died every time a kubernetes cluster served a 503, the human race would be extinct.
However, if we're comparing, issues with air quality within planes has contributed to accidents as well.
They did have some teething issues with the batteries going on fire but that seems sorted. (fire thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Boeing_787_Dreamliner_gro...)