Conversely, why bring your own food if CO is going to provide a meal you know you will want to eat? Bringing food can be very wasteful if CO is already providing a meal. Personally, I often have no time to get something edible before a flight, so I much appreciate the OK meal CO provides on its transcons.

BenjaminNYC - I haven't flown a CO transcon for about two months, but the last time I did there were still four hot entrees and sundaes. There were no printed menus, however, and the FA's had trouble describing the meals. In the other thread CO Insider said that printed menus are coming back sometime in the future.

Wine, as usual, was "some red and some white."