Nineiron
"The Scandinavian stops are provided for because their ground personell will not accept this from DHL"
I've read this one a couple of times, but am still puzzled as to what you are trying to say. Would you care to clarify please?
Personally I've got little in the way of sympathy for the viewpoints allegedly made by the F/O. However, firing someone for raising a point is a rather drastic measure to take. As far as I've been told, there is nothing in the contract that specifies crew meals must be provided, nor anything about the quantity or quality. Vending machines are the order of the day, and that goes for both flying and ground staff. If it's good enough for the chaps loading the aeroplanes, it's good enough for the guys flying them, IMHO.