Dupre
21st Dec 2001, 07:55
Well I took my first airline trip in a while today - taking 2 connecting flights taking off at 7:00am and landing at 6:30pm with one hour inbetween them in an airport.
My sum total of food was thus: One banana. One muffin. One small yogert (sp?). Two small bags of pretzels. That's it. Yep, i meant it! That was it.
I remember the days when it would have been a huge breakfast, then maybe lunch. Then lunch on the next flight, maybe a snack, followed by dinner!!
To top it all off, they wanted US$5 to rent a headset for a movie on a crappy little screen - I've travelled quite a bit and never seen an airline charge for a headset!
What on earth is up with this? One of the best things about flying was the vast quantities of food/drink available for free - do they think they'll save more by not feeding us? I certainly hope not, cos it made me jolly hungry.
Man I'm a grumpy old sod.
My sum total of food was thus: One banana. One muffin. One small yogert (sp?). Two small bags of pretzels. That's it. Yep, i meant it! That was it.
I remember the days when it would have been a huge breakfast, then maybe lunch. Then lunch on the next flight, maybe a snack, followed by dinner!!
To top it all off, they wanted US$5 to rent a headset for a movie on a crappy little screen - I've travelled quite a bit and never seen an airline charge for a headset!
What on earth is up with this? One of the best things about flying was the vast quantities of food/drink available for free - do they think they'll save more by not feeding us? I certainly hope not, cos it made me jolly hungry.
Man I'm a grumpy old sod.