Special Meals
An acquaintance who has flown vast numbers of long and short haul flights over the last 40yrs commented to me today that on a recent long-haul flight he reckoned that at least half the pax were served 'special' meals before the regular meals were trotted out, and that this is a relatively new phenomenon. I haven't flown long haul for a decade or more and then very few special meals were in evidence.
Is this due to dietary fads/preferences/'allergies' or, as he suspected, because special meals get served before regular ones thus allowing the diner to get the meal done early and get to sleep more quickly?
Any views on this?