Originally Posted by
Plane-is-home
A) it’s not short notice. It’s going on since late October. You’d expect by now they have a solution that meets their own published standards
B) SkyChefs used to cater UA, their facility should be capable. Especially as they’d only need to provide veggies and salads
C) UA still keeping it under the rug tells it all
A. You honestly think a facility can expand physical space, acquire equipment, hire workers, and/or source materials in a matter of weeks and provide it at a reasonable cost? I don't think you saw the link I referred to.
B. "Used to". All we need to know to see this is all pure speculation and not common sense or reason. It goes back to point A. Do you think they've had have the physical facility to do it, had everything at the ready in the three years since they lost UA, and would be able to ramp things up on very short notice? Keep in mind your "solution" was accused last summer of not even paying minimum wage.
C. Tells us what? What does that have to do with the logistics of producing meals?
Finally, we're dealing with health inspectors here. It's very reasonable to assume that airlines expect things to be back up and running in X timeframe, but in reality that timeframe is at the mercy of the officials. They can and will make life difficult. That's an unknown element that doesn't allow us to know anything definitive.