If UK bases are under the provisions of UK employment law, surely all UK pilots have had their basic rights under health and safety regualations taken away by Ryanair when they stopped providing fresh drinking water to crews. They say they get round this by providing fresh water in the crew room. Sorry, I thought my work place was the flight deck and not spending a 10 hour duty back at base. I suffered quite serious health problems as a result of drinking galley water for a few years that required numerous hospital treatments. I was very tempted with legal action when I was at FR. I think pilots should consider a claim as their basic human rights have been breached. I think the average pilot will be able to take .5L of water in their bag. This is in no way sufficient for a typical duty. Of course you don't have time to pop into the crew room to top up as you spend 15-20 mins standing outside making sure the fuel chap doesn't set himself alight. Could someone enlighten me on the above employment law regulations as I'm pretty sure they have been ignored, but if anyone knows better?