Originally Posted by
weero
That sounds outlandishly construed. None of us have been around then. Just 12 years ago offerings were much better and prices were much lower. People didn't forget that they paid thousands of dollars for a domestic flight during WWII ... they recall the $200 flight to Europe that included free luggage, booze, hot food, and a normal size seat.
Maybe by a little bit, but not by much. You look at all the pictures on the airline sights and they don't show cafeteria food. They show plated meals with smiles from the FA and other flyers. But then once on the plane, they see the tin takeaway style food served by (often grumpy) FAs. That which is often over/under cooked or cold and tasteless.
Yes, it's marketing spiel, but it's not what was being presented. Even the BoB stuff often does not look like what is shown in the brochures. It's closer. But not quite and often at inflated prices.
I'd rather buy something from the airport (or even better/possible, before the airport). I'm not saying the food is inedible, but you're not getting what you were sold as it were.