motytrah

Not really. Kosher is the only meal DL does anything with. Therefore the training is "When a customer asks if kosher meals are certified for passover answer Yes. For any other holiday answer No."

libuser

I didn't even know what that was, as I am sure 80% of the posters here as well, wiki came to rescue...

but alas mate, jews are like what 2% of us population, and muslims are more than 5%, and I doubt they would know anything about muslim meals... heck I am sure they don't know christian meals let alone something different...

houserulz77

Special Meals

The following special meals are available in First Class and Economy Class on flights where complimentary meal service is offered.

* Asian
* Baby
* Child
* Bland
* Diabetic
* Gluten-free
* Hindu
* Kosher
* Low-calorie
* Low-cholesterol
* Low-fat
* Low-sodium
* Muslim
* Passover
* Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
* Vegetarian (pure)

That's right from the website. Looks like they separate the two out. So it would be the pax job to request, and if the meal is not what it is supposed to be, then that's a Delta issue, not an FA issue.

tikiboy

Depends on the flight. My flight only has Kosher, not Passover.

DaDaDan

I can't imagine that whatever service they use to achieve kosher certification would let them serve meals during Passover that are not kosher for Passover.

mbarreto

They do serve christian meals: cold cereal for breakfast and a frozen chicken wrap the rest of the day.

With all those religious/ethnic options out there, I asked if I could get an atheist meal on my next flight. They told me there was no such thing...

Alpha Golf

That's assuming they're made fresh, and aren't frozen in a giant catering warehouse where they were delivered in November.

FetePerfection

I bet DL doesn't serve Kosher for Passover Coke products...

DaddyRabbit

It is an unfortunate consequences of our educational system, especially in rural areas of the midwest and south, that one could be 18 years of age and not know that there are Jewish people in the U.S. If one does not attend college, that could extend into adulthood.

Kosher means, I suippose, are not explored on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever other social media young people use now.

Aliquot

I would bet that at least 90% of the posters on here have some idea of what Passover is. All the major media does stories on Passover every year. Most active Christians know what it is because it appears in both the old and new testaments. Some Christians actually celebrate it. Only 2% of the population may be Jewish, but I'm sure Jews make up a much higher percentage of frequent flyers.

That being said I'm sure the percentage of the general population that knows what is necessary to be kosher for Passover is extremely low.

libuser

you got that right. spot on. I have lived in small city and big city, and there is a lot of narrow-sightedness in the small cities.

boboqui

I've been served a kosher meal that wasn't kosher for passover.

I've also come to the conclusion that having no food is better than airline food, that is, on steerage class.

Alpha Golf

Getting off airline, they could use that course in Luton:

EasyJet has been branded 'insensitive' by Jewish customers who were served bacon sandwiches on a flight from Israel.

Airline staff for the budget airline were forced to apologise on the route to London when passengers of the Jewish faith were offered only ham melts and bacon baguettes.

The airline claims to take pride in its inclusion of kosher food on the journey which was was introduced only in November.

And in Seattle:

Flight attendants on an Alaska Airlines flight to Los Angeles on Sunday interpreted an elaborate prayer ritual by Orthodox Jewish men onboard as a security threat and locked down the cockpit, airline officials said.

Police, FBI and custom agents swarmed the plane when it landed at Los Angeles International Airport at around 8:30 a.m. and three men were escorted off after it was reported that passengers were acting rowdy and a fight had broken out.

In fact, the disturbance was the farthest thing from a fight. The men were praying.

"We've since learned from law enforcement that the passengers onboard were practicing a traditional Orthodox Jew ritual called Tefillin," Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Bobbie Egan told the Los Angeles Daily News.

("Orthodox Jew ritual called Tefillin" -- seems they didn't learn quite enough. Anyway...)

spidaman

Is DL pouring Baron Herzog or Manischewitz?

houserulz77

As an educator, I would take exception to that comment.

That being said, in places where there is a minimal Jewish population, there likely isn't (nor should there be) much taught in schools about the Jewish faith. Having grown up in South Florida, schools were closed for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and we always would sing the dreidel song along with the Christmas Carols, but even there, I don't recall there ever being any substantive discussion on Judaism (or any other religion for that matter).

What is unfortunate is that most children learn about the Jewish people through a singular event, which while a critical component of any history curriculum, should not serve as the only framework for teaching students about an ethnicity/nationality/religion that has existed for millenia and has made significant contributions throughout history.