In every other Air Force in the world people have to provide food for themselves, I am surprised it has taken this long to see cut backs in this perk.
I take it you've checked? Or just toeing the party line? Working with the USAF I remember being fed outside normal working hours free and having access to a heavily subsidised mess at other times. Hells bells, cheese paring cheapness like this helps suck the last of the morale out of the people that supposedly matter most (remember 'people are our most important asset?')
Guys guarding the gate for 12 hours and guys that work on the aircraft for a full 12 hour shift receive nothing in the way of rations so why should you get free food provided.
Just because us (ex in my case) ground-ponders are treated like sh*t doesn’t create a precedence or give you cart-blanch - everyone should be looked after, bring back duty suppers and feeding the guards - rememner morale?
MightyHunter, you're not one of THEM are you? Tell me it wasn't your GEMS