Barrow......Never been accused of licking up to the management before. I am all for the dont ask, dont get syndrome. But...
if you are spanner on the ground (and I speak from my Dan-Air Line days), I can't remember anyone rushing out with plates of sandwiches to some remote stand in the rain on a cold night on an engine change. Ok, compared to an office shiney, flying boxes in the middle of the night doesn't have the same amount of snack breaks but there are a lot of other low payed jobs out there whose workers thrive on home made butties to keep them going.
As for Flight Safety......Then if the CAA and their European counterparts thought it was an issue, then they would make it mandatory for airlines to provide food.
In the end I suppose you could force the issue by refusing to fly but then when your counterparts do without and still go, then you just look like a winger.
Wish I was twiddling the light knobs on the panel and sleeping in the seat again. Happy days. At least the bear stayed awake!
Coop and crew monitoring Bear
PS And you are a fine fellow too !