Originally Posted by
pgh234
Just recently flew PPT-LAX in Y. Catering was odd. Dinner was described as "pasta or chicken". We chose the "pasta" but it ended up being 95% cheese with a few small slivers of zucchini thrown in there. Not a noodle to be found. Then, not to be outdone, the pre-landing meal was a cheese sandwich, with extra cheese layered on. I can't imagine D1 was much better. Lol.
Obviously, Delta has decided (at least for the moment) that whatever positive brand recognition they could achieve by feeding their international coach passengers plausible meals is not worth the cost. I don't necessarily blame them -- I'm not sure anybody chooses an airline because the food is decent -- but it's quite the turnabout from just a few years ago when they were pitching the quality of their international coach experience.
For those of us who have access to airport lounges, the obvious thing to do when flying coach is to eat a filling meal at the lounge before the long flight (in most places, lounge food is much more extensive than it was even a decade or so ago). I will note that PPT doesn't have such a lounge, so you probably want to eat before getting to the airport.