Originally Posted by
formeraa
Having been an AA employee back in the 90's, I am having serious issues with the catering prices that she is quoting. In the 90's, it cost about $25 per domestic F meal (total cost). The Y meals varied from $5 light meals to about $15 for transcon deluxe dinner service.
It may be that pricing has come down considerably in the depressed airline catering business. Does she outsource or offshore the preparation of meals to reduce costs?
The $4 may be their selling price, definitly what the airline see as their hard cost..Does your $25 include the cost to AA such as fuel, cateriing (labor), clean up, washing all utensils and napkins etc.. Cause I can see an airline bumping up their cost to include these other items. And maybe free booze too.