mediocre business class catering on domestic routes
I've flown SA a few dozen times over the last few years and have usually been reasonably satisfied, but was shocked how mediocre the catering was on a recent JNB-CPT flight in business class:
After about 45min into the flight I was presented with the following "lunch":
- a tiny, soggy bread roll
- a cheap, processed slice of ham and cheddar
- a few tasteless pieces of fruit
Most airlines would be ashamed to serve that in economy class, let alone business class.
But oh well, I figured I could at least enjoy a glass of champagne or wine. Wrong.
Apparently SA has introduced a (new?) policy whereby it only serves alcoholic beverages on afternoon and evening flights. Or to be more precise: on flights with a scheduled departure time after 11a.m.
I could sort of see the point of not serving hard liquor in the early morning, but refusing to serve a glass of wine with "lunch" at 12p.m. ?!?
Without exaggerating, this was the most mediocre business class catering I've experienced during my last few hundred flights.