Compass/Eagle catering---- ecchhhh!
 

It's been a while since I had the misfortune to take two longer "First" Class Eagle flights In a day..... Out of LAX Compass Airlines has been AaEagle's contractor for some time now....

Ye gods! What crappy catering compared to mainline AA! I got some almost unrecognizable marshmallow and maraschino-cherry salad as the majority of the plate on flight #1. Perhaps this is "food" wherever Compass HQ is, but not much of a lunch in my mind. It went untouched after the first, sugar-and-chemistry induced taste.

Second flight featured a BBQ Chicken salad, but ummm---- one plate of cold chicken with a tasteless zingless Orange sauce on it, and what was essentially a separate bean salad with some wilted former iceberg lettuce. Ate the chicken, despite its cardboard texture, skipped the four types of beans, which could have been drowned in "Pour It On" Eye-Talian dressing as I'd wisely grabbed a sando at the intermediate stop.

My, my.... AA's mainline food has been BETTER this last year; what gives with Eagle? Can't they use the same catering? This was 1970s coach airline food--- pure dreck. Does the fact that they have 1-2 seating mean "First Class"? Wow--- not in my book. The unidentifiable item purporting to be dessert was sweet, but not tasty. Mystery fruit with Crisco, perhaps.

I don't expect gourmet meals on an AA plane, but I'm really, really amazed, folks. AA---- do you have ANY quality control over your contractors?

Regional jets have no ovens.

In my experience United Express has the best cold food.

Had no issues on a Compass flight from OKC to LAX last November. FC meal was decent, for a cold meal.

I've had some really decent cold meals in the Eagle E175s (less so in the CRJ7/9 due to smaller trays). The cakes a way better than the mainline cookies.

the desert - cheesecake or chocolate cake - is always really good. the salad's are also not bad as well - though the chicken can be a little cold/dry (as in still VERY refrigerated). ! I mean, they're working with a pretty big handicap, and still deliver something fairly edible, which is pretty impressive.