Talk:Airline meal

Well, I was surprised to find a wikipedia article on airline meals - even more surprised to find that, according to this article, alcohol is not a liquid... jmdeur 19:30 8 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.148.60.151 (talk)

Yoghurt

I think that we should say here that when a passenger opens the yoghurt cup, he should turn it towards the front seat, at least if he doesn't want to end up with a dirty tie :-) --Cantalamessa 22:14, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

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I added two paragarphs about food safety and palatability, explaining why so much airline food is 'bland'. It still needs a little more editing at the end to finish the article properly. -- Stuart Midgley 20.48 AEST, 20 May 2006

it needs sources. ^Law/_Disorder 07:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Sharing meal by crew

Acording to this article, belief that both pilots have to eat different meal is false. However this article is from 1984...

It is widely believed that pilots and co-pilots are required not to share any common food items when they eat aboard flights so as to avoid becoming ill while at the controls.

But the belief - which is shared even by epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control - is false. No airline industry regulations govern food service to the cockpit crews, according to spokesmen for the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Aviation Administration and various pilot and industry associations.

-- Ony (talk) 15:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

This sounds suspect to me since food poisoning usually takes several hours to show symptoms, and would thus only impact long flights 65.167.146.130 (talk) 17:03, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

The above is not correct, some bacteria are known to cause symptoms in as little as one hour after ingestion, e.g. Staphylococcus aureus. While there is no FAA rule about it some airlines are reported as having such a policy. E.g. The practice is not mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration, however most airlines have their own rules about it. The UK Telegraph has an interesting article about it: Why pilots eat different meals from you – and different meals from one another. Gentleman wiki (talk) 02:16, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

SARS

The part about plastic cutlery because of SARS makes no sense whatsoever. The plastic cultley also has to handled both during the flight as well as on arrival. So there is no logic to suggest that this will limit the spread of the virus. --Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 02:52, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Additional sources?

This article currently has a tag which reads, in part

This article needs additional citations for verification.

Well, I certainly understand the importance of citations, and I have no doubt that this article needs more of them, but exactly where does the kind editor think they're needed? It's a fairly short article that already has eight citations.

Wouldn't it make sense, instead of simply marking one's territory with tags, to actually come to the talk page and leave a message as to what exactly needs verification? We're not friggin' mind readers, you know, and if you have the time to dump your waste on the article space, but you supposedly don't have the time to fix the problem yourself, then you should at least find the time to come here and explain what exactly it is that you expect the rest of us to do, because it's not clear. HuskyHuskie (talk) 04:35, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

So what's the deal with airline food?

Is it worth mentioning Jerry Seinfeld's routines about airline meals and airline peanuts and how through countless imitations the topic of airline food has become a cliche synonymous with talentless hacks trying to do stand-up comedy? If so, where? 204.29.160.160 (talk) 22:22, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

yes and I would have strongly expected to read about this in this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.81.229.180 (talk) 00:35, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

A decade later, and this good idea has still not been implemented. As Notcharliechaplin has suggested below, there should be at least a paragraph (in my opinion a small section would be suitable) about the commonly held belief that airline food is generally low-quality. I think that would also be a suitable place to put discussion about Seinfeld and this line of jokes. Small aside: according to this TV Tropes page (I know, I know, user-generated and unreliable), Jerry Seinfeld never actually had a bit about airline food, the idea has just become associated with him in the collective imagination. - 87.58.119.203 (talk) 07:52, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

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A deluxe airline meal by Do & Co as served aboard Austrian Airlines flights. This meal consists of boquerones, olive tapenade, tomatoes and basil in olive oil, jamon, manchego, fuet, chorizo, grilled vegetables, chocolate mousse, strawberries, and a bread basket.

Such airline meals are served to passengers on board commercial airliners and prepared by specialist airline catering services. Airline meals vary widely in quality and quantity across different airline companies and classes of travel, and may range from a simple snack or beverage in short-haul economy class to a seven-course gourmet meal in a first class long-haul flight.Photograph: Austrian Airlines

Airline food reputation

In popular culture and common belief, airline food is often portrayed as awful, especially economy class/coach class food and is often the subject of comedian's jokes. I like to propose that at at least a paragraph on the subject of how airline food is viewed among the general public and it's frequent use in comedian's jokes be mentioned in the article. I don't know if the idea of airline being generally of poorer quality is international held but at least in the U.S., it has that reputation with regard to U.S. airlines. --Notcharliechaplin (talk) 17:37, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

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