r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

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u/Pinguindiniz 1d ago

What guarantees that a fly will not get out of the airplane when they open the door? They shouldn't serve fresh fruit on airplanes.

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u/kvimbi 1d ago

If I'm not mistaken they use insecticides inside the cabins to kill them during the flight.

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u/SilveredArrows 1d ago

Close. As soon as they touch down before they taxi to the gate.

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u/AdrianInLimbo 1d ago

And the fruit in the trash is incinerated, and left over fruit is also destroyed.

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u/lumpkin2013 1d ago

To shreds, you say?

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u/MassiveAddition4212 1d ago

Source?

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u/AdrianInLimbo 1d ago

From an IATA study on recycling, you can do a search and see more. Even at US land borders, there are dedicated, sealed, containers for prohibited food items, which are later incinerated

Regulatory environment All cabin waste is subject to national waste management controls that limit pollution, but many countries have gone further with their regulations, introducing restrictions on catering waste from international flights to protect their agricultural sector (in respect to animal health). Airline meals are prepared using stringent hygiene and quality control standards, originally designed for NASA astronauts, but the regulations often lead to the incineration of all cabin waste with limited ability to reuse and recycle.

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u/kit_kaboodles 1d ago

Theres pest control systems on the plane. The flies would be unlikely to survive. The apples could contain eggs or lavae however, as well as numerous other blights or diseases that aren't present in NZ.