Originally Posted by
GreatChecko
Most domestic flights these days don't offer their pilots much of anything for food, so it's whatever they bring or buy between flights. A sandwich is an easy thing to eat in my experience.
If you have a cup holder somewhere, then you are all set!
It has to do more with the difference in Airbus's and Boeing's attitudes towards automation. Boeing still has and will always have a yoke, which precludes much room for a tray table, while Airbii have a sidestick, allowing much more room for a tray table and associated goodies in front of a pilot.
Checko
The Airbus tray table pulls out of the instrument panel. Nice & solid. It will hold 119 lb, but of what, I don't know. Some of that food is heavy stuff, and sits in your tummy like rocks. Ususlly, it tastes like rocks, too. On Boeings, you have to put a tray in your lap.
I flew A-320 & 319s for 6 years, now back on the 757/767. Airbus has much more in the way of creature comforts for pilots. Much quieter cockpits, which really reduces fatigue. I wear earplugs in the Boeings.
The food, known to us as "crew meals" is just airplane food. Kind of what used to be served in coach when there was food in coach. It's pretty lacking for the most part.
That big bag you see us dragging around has a lot of crucial stuff in it, not the least of which is what I call a "crew meal repair kit" in mine. Some hot sauce, seasoned salt, pepper, some herbal tea, Airborne, (or Walborne), acidophilus, Pepto-Bismol, etc.
Actually had a copilot barfing in the trash bag once, while I was trying to eat!
Before you get jealous of our (s)crew meals, you should know that we pay for them. $5.50 per, right out of our paychecks. At least we don't get taxed...
I miss my tray table!!
Freshairborne