Originally Posted by
yabadoo
Best advice I got from one of my traveling colleagues was to bring a few bags of unsalted almonds or cashews. Easy to carry, kills hunger, keeps you sustained on those long flights in Y, and helps you avoid eating the stale trash you get served.
Yeah, I always bring supplementary food aboard in case there's little or nothing available- the only exception is international Business, where food on long-hauls is adequate. (And BA, bless them, has a little pantry you can visit if you have the munchies and it's not regular mealtime.)
I think that 8 hours without meal service on a daytime flight is way too long and I hope that was just an error on that flight. I'm normal height/body weight and need something over that stretch to keep my blood sugar up.