New and improved food quantities
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New and improved food quantities
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.
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From: Anderlecht
For your info, over here it's "yoghurt", or "yogurt", or even "yaourt". All three are valid, although in North America anything goes anyway 
Your meal experience is nothing new if you were flying in the USA. If you were on domestic flights within Canada I can't comment as I have insufficient experience with that. Over here, in coach (excluding the "no-frills carriers of course) you still generally get a sandwich of some sort on the short flights and a cold meal on the longer sectors. I find that British Airways offer some fairly tasty sandwiches on their shorthaul European flights.
Your meal experience is nothing new if you were flying in the USA. If you were on domestic flights within Canada I can't comment as I have insufficient experience with that. Over here, in coach (excluding the "no-frills carriers of course) you still generally get a sandwich of some sort on the short flights and a cold meal on the longer sectors. I find that British Airways offer some fairly tasty sandwiches on their shorthaul European flights.
