BoB hot meal tray - anybody tried it
Sep 21, 2015, 2:07 pm
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I wonder if this may have been a similar situation where the J meal orders were taken later in the flight? Was this a daytime flight where they serve meals at the start, or was it a red-eye where they serve breakfast closer to landing?
Sep 21, 2015, 2:25 pm
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For that route, it's definitely a morning flight.
Sep 21, 2015, 8:13 pm
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Typically I find that they know what they'll have available relatively early in the flight (once the SD/FA takes J orders), but I've seen a few exceptions. Had a flight last week where they didn't know what they had to sell until ~1.5 hours into the flight. From what I could see the SD only took meal orders once everyone had finished their nuts/appetizer salad and were ready for the main course. (Instead of taking orders based on the menu at the beginning of the meal service, it looked like he presented all 4 options on a tray when the mains were ready and asked J pax which one they would like). Once they had served the J meals, the crew came back to tell me what was left, but it was well into the flight. There's some advantages/disadvantages to that approach, in that the J pax can see what the actual meal looks like before deciding, but it definitely delays any potential BOB sales of the hot meal trays.
I wonder if this may have been a similar situation where the J meal orders were taken later in the flight? Was this a daytime flight where they serve meals at the start, or was it a red-eye where they serve breakfast closer to landing?
I wonder if this may have been a similar situation where the J meal orders were taken later in the flight? Was this a daytime flight where they serve meals at the start, or was it a red-eye where they serve breakfast closer to landing?
Sep 21, 2015, 8:28 pm
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Typically I find that they know what they'll have available relatively early in the flight (once the SD/FA takes J orders), but I've seen a few exceptions. Had a flight last week where they didn't know what they had to sell until ~1.5 hours into the flight. From what I could see the SD only took meal orders once everyone had finished their nuts/appetizer salad and were ready for the main course. (Instead of taking orders based on the menu at the beginning of the meal service, it looked like he presented all 4 options on a tray when the mains were ready and asked J pax which one they would like). Once they had served the J meals, the crew came back to tell me what was left, but it was well into the flight. There's some advantages/disadvantages to that approach, in that the J pax can see what the actual meal looks like before deciding, but it definitely delays any potential BOB sales of the hot meal trays.
I wonder if this may have been a similar situation where the J meal orders were taken later in the flight? Was this a daytime flight where they serve meals at the start, or was it a red-eye where they serve breakfast closer to landing?
I wonder if this may have been a similar situation where the J meal orders were taken later in the flight? Was this a daytime flight where they serve meals at the start, or was it a red-eye where they serve breakfast closer to landing?
Today's flight (and every other flight I've operated) meal orders were taken prior to push-back, Y/C crew was told specifically what was available well in advance of the Y service commencing. For the record on breakfast outbound 10 casseroles were available and 3 sold on the 777-300, 8 casseroles available and 3 sold on the A321 for lunch return. There is no pattern and it varies from flight to flight.
Sep 21, 2015, 8:48 pm
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I dunno Today's flight (and every other flight I've operated) meal orders were taken prior to push-back, Y/C crew was told specifically what was available well in advance of the Y service commencing. For the record on breakfast outbound 10 casseroles were available and 3 sold on the 777-300, 8 casseroles available and 3 sold on the A321 for lunch return. There is no pattern and it varies from flight to flight.
Today's flight (and every other flight I've operated) meal orders were taken prior to push-back, Y/C crew was told specifically what was available well in advance of the Y service commencing. For the record on breakfast outbound 10 casseroles were available and 3 sold on the 777-300, 8 casseroles available and 3 sold on the A321 for lunch return. There is no pattern and it varies from flight to flight.