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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:35 pm
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Protocol? Serve cockpit crew or first class first?
It seems like the flight attendants used to offer the left over first class meals to the cockpit crew. However, on my last two trips they offered meals to the crew first, and then ran out of choices for First Class passengers. (This was domestic LAX-DFW both times.) Does anyone know, is there an AA protocol, I don't really mind who is served when, but just curious.
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:37 pm
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Originally Posted by DaveInSFV
It seems like the flight attendants used to offer the left over first class meals to the cockpit crew. However, on my last two trips they offered meals to the crew first, and then ran out of choices for First Class passengers. (This was domestic LAX-DFW both times.) Does anyone know, is there an AA protocal, just curious.
Protocol is that the pilot and co-pilot must eat different meals. As there are two meals, the order will not affect whether or not they run out of one of the items.

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I don't know what the protocol is.

To be honest, I don't even eat the food anymore - its just lousy on domestic flights.

whatever they want to do is fine with me.
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:40 pm
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Originally Posted by freeupgrade
To be honest, I don't even eat the food anymore - its just lousy on domestic flights.
Of course, those who don't make hyperbolic snap judgments and generalizations might care.

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Let them eat first I say. They are flying you safely where ever they you are going!
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:53 pm
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Originally Posted by brp
Protocol is that the pilot and co-pilot must eat different meals. As there are two meals, the order will not affect whether or not they run out of one of the items.

Cheers.
Ah yes, now I remember hearing years ago that they eat different meals, so that if for example the fish is contaminated, neither will come down with the same food bourne illness. Great observation, thank you.
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by brp
Protocol is that the pilot and co-pilot must eat different meals. As there are two meals, the order will not affect whether or not they run out of one of the items.

Cheers.
Unless you are on a three-class plane, that is, where there are (IIRC) 3-4 entree choices depending on whether it's int'l or domestic.
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:58 pm
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Originally Posted by freeupgrade
I don't know what the protocol is.

To be honest, I don't even eat the food anymore - its just lousy on domestic flights.

whatever they want to do is fine with me.
How do you know it's lousy if you don't eat it?
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 8:59 pm
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Originally Posted by JumboD
Unless you are on a three-class plane, that is, where there are (IIRC) 3-4 entree choices depending on whether it's int'l or domestic.
I thought about that, but this was LAX-DFW.

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Ah yes, now I remember hearing years ago that they eat different meals, so that if for example the fish is contaminated, neither will come down with the same food bourne illness. Great observation, thank you.
Were you remembering this from the film Airplane?
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Originally Posted by gluedtothewindow
Were you remembering this from the film Airplane?
The life of everyone on board depends upon just one thing: finding someone back there who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 10:41 pm
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Originally Posted by DaveInSFV
It seems like the flight attendants used to offer the left over first class meals to the cockpit crew. However, on my last two trips they offered meals to the crew first, and then ran out of choices for First Class passengers. (This was domestic LAX-DFW both times.) Does anyone know, is there an AA protocol, I don't really mind who is served when, but just curious.
If they offered meals to the cockpit crew first, then the flight was probably catered with meals for the pilots since meals are in their contract so that would not affect passenger choices. Once on a LGA-ATL flight, I smelled a meal cooking in the oven, including a cookie and my mouth started to water. I was surprised, since the flight was only supposed to serve refreshments. The FA then blocked off the front to serve the pilots their meal after which we were served refreshments.

Originally Posted by gluedtothewindow
Were you remembering this from the film Airplane?
We have clearance, Clarance. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 11:08 pm
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Originally Posted by gluedtothewindow
Were you remembering this from the film Airplane?
Even earlier: Arthur Hailey wrote a screen play (1956 -- Flight into Danger) and book (1958 - Runway Zero-Eight) that used this plot device.
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Old Jun 23, 2009, 11:22 pm
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Originally Posted by gemac
The life of everyone on board depends upon just one thing: finding someone back there who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
Emphasis added. Looks like we appreciate the same movies!^
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Old Jun 24, 2009, 1:36 am
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Originally Posted by jkearns
Even earlier: Arthur Hailey wrote a screen play (1956 -- Flight into Danger) and book (1958 - Runway Zero-Eight) that used this plot device.
As long as we are on the subject, Airplane! is a parody of the movie Zero Hour! in which the passengers and crew also get food poisoning and someone on the plane must now land. It's just not as funny and a lot more suspenseful.

A connection between the two movies (other than many of the character names) is that anytime the exteriorof the 707 is shown, the sound is actually of a piston airplane. Also, the shot is very similar to the exterior shots used in Zero Hour.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051221/
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