Beer Trucks on the DFW Tarmac
Feb 13, 2012, 4:37 pm
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Beer Trucks on the DFW Tarmac
While waiting to depart on a flight out of gate C31 just after noon today at DFW, I saw two, full-size beer delivery trucks driving around. First a white Coors Light truck, then a blue Bud Light truck a few minutes later. These weren't the single-chassis delivery trucks that deliver beer to your local convenience store; they had separate tractors but the trailers still had the multiple doors on the sides. (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/formerwmdriver/4369305514/ )
I've flown through DFW hundreds of times and seen all kinds of vehicles, but never one, much less two, of these trucks tooling around _on_ the tarmac.
Is this how they have to cater Int'l flights now that beer is once again complimentary in Coach?????
(Mods, please move this thread if there's a better/more appropriate home for it.)
I've flown through DFW hundreds of times and seen all kinds of vehicles, but never one, much less two, of these trucks tooling around _on_ the tarmac.
Is this how they have to cater Int'l flights now that beer is once again complimentary in Coach?????
(Mods, please move this thread if there's a better/more appropriate home for it.)
Last edited by AUSFTer; Feb 13, 2012 at 4:38 pm Reason: note to mods
Feb 13, 2012, 4:49 pm
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Feb 13, 2012, 4:51 pm
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I need to find the pic but one beer truck on the ramp sighting led to inadvertent comedy. Around pushback time, the Captain announced a delayed due to the lavatory tanks being full. He said a lav service truck was on the way and would be there monetarily. As he finished the message, a Coors Light truck pulls up next to the plane. I remarked openly that the stuff going into the toilet tanks should be better than what was coming out. Got a few chuckles.
Feb 13, 2012, 5:16 pm
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I need to find the pic but one beer truck on the ramp sighting led to inadvertent comedy. Around pushback time, the Captain announced a delayed due to the lavatory tanks being full. He said a lav service truck was on the way and would be there monetarily. As he finished the message, a Coors Light truck pulls up next to the plane. I remarked openly that the stuff going into the toilet tanks should be better than what was coming out. Got a few chuckles.
Feb 13, 2012, 5:24 pm
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While waiting to depart on a flight out of gate C31 just after noon today at DFW, I saw two, full-size beer delivery trucks driving around. First a white Coors Light truck, then a blue Bud Light truck a few minutes later. These weren't the single-chassis delivery trucks that deliver beer to your local convenience store; they had separate tractors but the trailers still had the multiple doors on the sides. (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/formerwmdriver/4369305514/ )
I've flown through DFW hundreds of times and seen all kinds of vehicles, but never one, much less two, of these trucks tooling around _on_ the tarmac.
Is this how they have to cater Int'l flights now that beer is once again complimentary in Coach?????
(Mods, please move this thread if there's a better/more appropriate home for it.)
I've flown through DFW hundreds of times and seen all kinds of vehicles, but never one, much less two, of these trucks tooling around _on_ the tarmac.
Is this how they have to cater Int'l flights now that beer is once again complimentary in Coach?????
(Mods, please move this thread if there's a better/more appropriate home for it.)
Feb 13, 2012, 6:20 pm
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While waiting to depart on a flight out of gate C31 just after noon today at DFW, I saw two, full-size beer delivery trucks driving around. First a white Coors Light truck, then a blue Bud Light truck a few minutes later. These weren't the single-chassis delivery trucks that deliver beer to your local convenience store; they had separate tractors but the trailers still had the multiple doors on the sides. (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/formerwmdriver/4369305514/ )
I've flown through DFW hundreds of times and seen all kinds of vehicles, but never one, much less two, of these trucks tooling around _on_ the tarmac.
Is this how they have to cater Int'l flights now that beer is once again complimentary in Coach?????
(Mods, please move this thread if there's a better/more appropriate home for it.)
I've flown through DFW hundreds of times and seen all kinds of vehicles, but never one, much less two, of these trucks tooling around _on_ the tarmac.
Is this how they have to cater Int'l flights now that beer is once again complimentary in Coach?????
(Mods, please move this thread if there's a better/more appropriate home for it.)
Feb 13, 2012, 6:29 pm
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Feb 13, 2012, 6:34 pm
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Feb 13, 2012, 6:42 pm
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But aren't all the DFW airport restaurants/bars/shops operated by HMS Host under licensing/franchisee agreements? I didn't think any actual brand-name restaurants operated their own facilities at DFW. (maybe Cantina Laredo is the exception because it's local?)
Catering would all be Sysco or similar industrial foodservice corporations, right?
Feb 13, 2012, 8:43 pm
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