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Hey there,
United still serves free liquor on international flights. I will be very surprised if it starts to sell drinks and food on long-haul trips. Reduced meal portions is an option, but if not, can you imagine charging yet another fee for tickets? TWA used to charge for booze ten years before it closed, and as one can see, it made little difference. As for crew meals, domestic flying is one thing, but 16-hour trips to HKG clearly are another. If the airline wants to cut my pay and slash my work rules, at least it can provide me with a modicum of nourishment (and I do not mean ice cream sundaes). I look forward to my meal when I fly, and I can assure you that most f/as out there do, too. I suggest that you take a ten-day trip around the world and see for yourself how the cost of those airport/hotel sandwiches and Panda meals adds up. Have you any idea how much a burger at Heathrow is these days? Besides, with the bizarre check-in times for certain trips, it is hard to find a terminal that serves food, period. So you think I should pay for my crew meal? While you are at it, maybe I should pay to go to work altogether.
United still serves free liquor on international flights. I will be very surprised if it starts to sell drinks and food on long-haul trips. Reduced meal portions is an option, but if not, can you imagine charging yet another fee for tickets? TWA used to charge for booze ten years before it closed, and as one can see, it made little difference. As for crew meals, domestic flying is one thing, but 16-hour trips to HKG clearly are another. If the airline wants to cut my pay and slash my work rules, at least it can provide me with a modicum of nourishment (and I do not mean ice cream sundaes). I look forward to my meal when I fly, and I can assure you that most f/as out there do, too. I suggest that you take a ten-day trip around the world and see for yourself how the cost of those airport/hotel sandwiches and Panda meals adds up. Have you any idea how much a burger at Heathrow is these days? Besides, with the bizarre check-in times for certain trips, it is hard to find a terminal that serves food, period. So you think I should pay for my crew meal? While you are at it, maybe I should pay to go to work altogether.