Originally Posted by
LeisureFirst
This has come up before. There was a general view around a year ago that pre-flight dining at JFK has been the victim of some unpleasant cost-cutting. Everyone used to say (look back at threads c.2007) that pre-flight dining was much better than any food you'd ever get on the plane and that was certainly my own experience then, but definitely not last year.
That adds up. Just looked at my diary & last time I flew BA out of NYC was Feb 14 2006. That was two days after the Great Snow Storm of Feb 12. The food was certainly OK that day despite the general chaos in the lounge. I remember them fiercely protecting against non qualifying entry by the delayed sleep deprived masses.
Since then I have been through 7 times on Virgin & the food has universally been decent even if it is a bit "rock and roll"!