Arri London wrote in
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> Pizen wrote
>> Roger (B) wrote
>>>>> Beachcomber wrote
>>>>>> That, along with the crappy food
>>>>>> should inspire the public to rise up...
>> > Personally, I find a sub-sandwich from Quiznos that I can put in
>> > a carry-on to be a fine solution. Once, a flight attendant
>> > expressed
>> > envy. Let's face it, the public prefers crappy & cramped service
>> > becuz they prefer low prices; hence, the success of no-frills
>> > airlines. [R]
>>
>> Delta quit serving "food" on its flights, but the flight crew still
>> must pimp the menu after takeoff for the for-sale food. People around
>> me ordered the stuff (Delta now takes credit cards for your
>> convenience), and I must say that it didn't look appetizing at all.
>> But what the hell - who says you must eat on an airplane? Eat before
>> you go; eat at the airport; eat after you get where you going. I
>> think sometimes we eat on an airplane because of boredom or because of
>> conditioning.
>>
>>
>
> Often there is a *very short* interval between my transAtlantic flight
> and my internal flight. That's assuming no sitting in the plane for
> hours on a tarmac. So although I've eaten before I get to the airport
> and perhaps managed to eat a little in the airport a few hours later
> prior to takeoff, it could easily be 12 hours or more until my next
> meal.
>
> There was one memorable Thanksgiving when my original internal flight
> was cancelled, without the airline notifying anyone or any computer in
> London. It ended up being about 20 hours to my next meal. All the
> airport concessions in STL were closed for the holiday. The two
> hedgehopper flights I had to take to replace the one 2.5 hour flight
> originally booked took nearly five hours extra, not including the time
> spent (about two hours) trying to convince the airline I had a right to
> go anywhere.
Stupid for any low cost airline to worry about that unusual situation.
Thats your problem and readily fixable if you have a clue.
> Then there was the 'we all know you are full from your
> Thanksgiving dinners, so we aren't serving a meal this evening.'
Ditto.
> US customs regulations don't allow
> passengers to bring food in from overseas............
So you eat on the international flight, stupid.
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