Originally Posted by
oreozp
Here's AA's current website verbiage:
"You can buy alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine and liquor on domestic flights over 250 miles. Snacks are available on select flights over 1,100 miles. Selections may vary and limited quantities are available."
What this means in practice:
Flight from PHL to SFO, which is over 2500 miles, no food for sale and no snacks except pretzels (which they ran out of before the second beverage service). Oh and the flight time is approximately 1600-2230pm EST.
Who is making business decisions over there? Does it somehow save them money to not sell overpriced food to very hungry people?
Yes. They don’t have to pay for getting food on board. They can put an extra row of seats in instead of a galley. They don't have to worry about waste from expired food.
Somehow, this makes sense to the C-suite. That's why they make the big bucks for these tough decisions. I think one of the job requirements for any US airline executive should be a transcon in a back row middle seat every other week. And they're not allowed to bring food on board.