Originally Posted by
pinerd
They only have like 1 or 2 of those small cartons. I asked the same for a toddler...
This crazy policy goes back a long way. I was on a PanAm (yes, PanAm) flight back in 1985 which was delayed by several hours with the pax held on the plane. One couple had a screaming baby and had run out of milk for him/her. They asked the FA for a small carton and were told, it was reserved strictly for coffee. It was horrendous.
I'm sure the airline's answer is that while their stocks of juice, soda, booze, etc. don't expire, milk has a limited shelf life and they would end up throwing a lot of it away. But the solution seems to be to stock cartons of ultra-pasturized, long shelf life milk that lasts for about a year unopened. At least then if the kid doesn't like it, the airline doesn't look like an a__ for denying it altogether.