CREW MEALS
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From: In the twilight zone
CREW MEALS
Hi guys,
Just wondering what kind of meals you usually have when on duty. On the plane, at the hotel, at the airport. And, who pays for it? You or your company?
If you don't mind saying the company you work for.
Just wondering what kind of meals you usually have when on duty. On the plane, at the hotel, at the airport. And, who pays for it? You or your company?
If you don't mind saying the company you work for.
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From: The Winchester
Good luck with your quest, unfortunately that's the sort of detailed question the tax inspector is fond of asking 
, so I suspect you might not get many detailed answers.............
( Me? Eat on the aircraft in flight. My company pays me allowances based on my time away from base on a trip, I use this money to buy my meals when on the ground......)
, so I suspect you might not get many detailed answers.............( Me? Eat on the aircraft in flight. My company pays me allowances based on my time away from base on a trip, I use this money to buy my meals when on the ground......)
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From: ME
Meals inflight usually consist of unlimited sandwiches, canopies with salmon and cavier, followed by salad, main course choice of about 6, steak lobster, etc, desert, massive fruit baskets, cheese plates....... Unfortunately no wine.
In Hotels, breakfast paid, allowance for eating where u want.
In Hotels, breakfast paid, allowance for eating where u want.
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From: In a far better place
Meals inflight usually consist of unlimited sandwiches, canopies with salmon and cavier, followed by salad, main course choice of about 6, steak lobster, etc, desert, massive fruit baskets, cheese plates.......
I remember the day of MGM Airlines running out of JFK in the 80s and 90s with their old ex-Alitalia DC-8s and Boeing 727s. Hey the sundaes were fantastic too!
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From: Sunny Europe
Depending on the flight schedule, I get BF (breakfast), LN (lunch), SN (snack), DN (dinner) or SP (supper) on the Airplane.
- Always have a Light Meal on board (consisting of sandwiches, fruit, cakes, crackers, yogurts, cereal bars and water).
As for the main meals served on board they consist of:
- 2 choices min (fish/meat based with rice/potatoes sides for LN + DN), small pasta plates, chicken fillets or other "lighter" options as well (for SN and SP)
- starter/salad (crappy little thing with no veggies lol)
- desert (choc mousse/pudding/cake/sweet stuff)
- salt crackers + cheese
- bread + butter
- drinks from AC (except alcohol)
Breakfast (varies a lot):
- omelet/Scrambled eggs+meats/sweet crepes+fruit+cream_cheese/meat skewers+grilled veggies/cereals/strange stuff
- breads (white/dark/corn/sweet/cake_like)
- butter/honey/jam selection
- yogurt
- fruit
- juices/milk/coffee/tea
When on stay, according to "when" we're staying out, we get an allowance to eat out at our description (amount based on where we are. Average 28€/meal + 16€/over night). BF included with hotel contract and usually we get discounts (~25% for eating at the hotel and sometimes, as well, "crew meal" - € friendly :P)
If schedule changes, and we are supposed to have meal on board with new schedule, or due catering irregularity, the equivalent will be deposited in € on the next pay check.
the food allowance is more then enough to eat out and you can easily save ~40%-50% of the total (values tax free ~ 600€/month total... more on summer)
Think that's it! hope it helps you out
Company: TAP Portugal (the one and only)
- Always have a Light Meal on board (consisting of sandwiches, fruit, cakes, crackers, yogurts, cereal bars and water).
As for the main meals served on board they consist of:
- 2 choices min (fish/meat based with rice/potatoes sides for LN + DN), small pasta plates, chicken fillets or other "lighter" options as well (for SN and SP)
- starter/salad (crappy little thing with no veggies lol)
- desert (choc mousse/pudding/cake/sweet stuff)
- salt crackers + cheese
- bread + butter
- drinks from AC (except alcohol)
Breakfast (varies a lot):
- omelet/Scrambled eggs+meats/sweet crepes+fruit+cream_cheese/meat skewers+grilled veggies/cereals/strange stuff
- breads (white/dark/corn/sweet/cake_like)
- butter/honey/jam selection
- yogurt
- fruit
- juices/milk/coffee/tea
When on stay, according to "when" we're staying out, we get an allowance to eat out at our description (amount based on where we are. Average 28€/meal + 16€/over night). BF included with hotel contract and usually we get discounts (~25% for eating at the hotel and sometimes, as well, "crew meal" - € friendly :P)
If schedule changes, and we are supposed to have meal on board with new schedule, or due catering irregularity, the equivalent will be deposited in € on the next pay check.
the food allowance is more then enough to eat out and you can easily save ~40%-50% of the total (values tax free ~ 600€/month total... more on summer)
Think that's it! hope it helps you out
Company: TAP Portugal (the one and only)
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From: Seoul/Gold Coast.....
On board..all the food you can eat!! The main thing is to refuse at least half in order to ward-off "Boeing Belly"...On the ground, breakfast is included in all our layover hotels ( Enjoyed mine in Shanghai this morning!)..we also receive daily per-diems, ranging from approx. USD $50-100/day depending on our layover port/country....Zlin
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From: Europe
Taxable
All the food you eat on board is subject to your income TAX.... in some countries. Therefore the Crew get´s charged with a certain amount of money to pay Tax on the monetary beneficial part of the meal. Sick how jealous some people can get but sadly the reality.
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From: The Winchester
despegue
Maybe other countries don't bother to audit crew but the UK HMRC does. The UK tax mafia did an audit a couple of years ago of what crew members ate and what they spent down route, and increased the tax hit as a result. They will be back, so I agree entirely with your comment....
The less you tell to that maffia the better.
Maybe other countries don't bother to audit crew but the UK HMRC does. The UK tax mafia did an audit a couple of years ago of what crew members ate and what they spent down route, and increased the tax hit as a result. They will be back, so I agree entirely with your comment....
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From: here and there
BF/LU/SU/DN wow...
I had a 'wish sandwich' this morning together with a cup of brown warm water.
Btw. a 'wish sandwich' is a kind of sandwich where you have two slices of bread and you wish you had some meat.
For lunch we had 'rubber biscuits'. If you throw them on the cockpit floor they bounce back right in your mouth. If you don't catch'em you go hungry...
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(menu was put together by Jake & Elwood Blues)
Btw. a 'wish sandwich' is a kind of sandwich where you have two slices of bread and you wish you had some meat.
For lunch we had 'rubber biscuits'. If you throw them on the cockpit floor they bounce back right in your mouth. If you don't catch'em you go hungry...
& (menu was put together by Jake & Elwood Blues)
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From: Wor Yerm
When in a hotel, a breakfast is always provided. If it is a German hotel it is exceptional quality and of biblical proportions. Others vary from acceptable to "pretty gross" (the Italians can't make breakfast). On the plane there is a "crew tray" comprising of fruit, yoghurt, sandwiches etc. Then there are pax meals. The snacks served to those in the posh seats are very good and those served to the cheaper seats acceptable. In the evenings we are given hot, edible crew meals. What speaks volumes is that crews take them off the aircraft to eat them - not feed them to the seagulls or their pets at home.
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From: eire
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