"I didn't stick my finger in it" (FA response to type of pasta)- Recent AA Experience
Sep 11, 2017, 7:57 am
#46
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I actually don't know the answer to this question, so I'm not just being snarky:
How expensive would it be to print little postcard sized menu cards? They could be sitting on the seat at boarding along with blanket and pillows, and could actually include ingredient/allergen lists that were more extensive than an FA could provide.
How expensive would it be to print little postcard sized menu cards? They could be sitting on the seat at boarding along with blanket and pillows, and could actually include ingredient/allergen lists that were more extensive than an FA could provide.
I attached an image example from ANA:
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Sep 11, 2017, 10:36 am
#47
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Sep 11, 2017, 11:08 am
#48
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I actually don't know the answer to this question, so I'm not just being snarky:
How expensive would it be to print little postcard sized menu cards? They could be sitting on the seat at boarding along with blanket and pillows, and could actually include ingredient/allergen lists that were more extensive than an FA could provide.
How expensive would it be to print little postcard sized menu cards? They could be sitting on the seat at boarding along with blanket and pillows, and could actually include ingredient/allergen lists that were more extensive than an FA could provide.
B More you write down more the lawyers have an excuse to sue you !
On JL and other Asian carriers, they print out a laminated menu to give to passengers in the row they are serving. More expensive than the regular cards, but cuts the number of cards that need to be printed and it doesn't have to be placed on every seat.
I attached an image example from ANA:
I attached an image example from ANA:
Sep 11, 2017, 12:15 pm
#49
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By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
Sep 11, 2017, 12:37 pm
#50
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What an absurd, insensitive sentiment. A commercial flight is a shared mode of transit where passengers have the right to ensure their reasonable dietary needs and desires are met. Asking what kind of pasta is the pasta is among the least inappropriate questions I could imagine.
Sep 11, 2017, 1:05 pm
#51
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Of course they don't. They are free to bring their own food and simply decline the airline food. Especially if it's that crucial to them.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
Sep 11, 2017, 1:51 pm
#53
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Of course they don't. They are free to bring their own food and simply decline the airline food. Especially if it's that crucial to them.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
Sep 11, 2017, 6:01 pm
#54
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Of course they don't. They are free to bring their own food and simply decline the airline food. Especially if it's that crucial to them.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
By the way, aren't all vegetarians that way by choice (religion or otherwise)? To stop meal service because you have some kind of objection to where food for mankind has come from since the beginning of time is about as obnoxious as letting your children run around the lounge like it's a playground.
Sep 11, 2017, 7:01 pm
#55
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"Pasta" is not a meal description, any more than "rice" is a meal description (or "potatoes" for that matter). Whether I choose "the chicken" or "the pasta" has everything to do with what the sauce is - you know, the bit in "the pasta" that has the actual taste.
Sep 11, 2017, 7:51 pm
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Agreed. Would you take a meal that was described as "meat"? You wouldn't want to know if it was beef, pork, lamb, boar, or dog?
Sep 11, 2017, 8:03 pm
#58
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Sep 11, 2017, 9:11 pm
#59
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On JL and other Asian carriers, they print out a laminated menu to give to passengers in the row they are serving. More expensive than the regular cards, but cuts the number of cards that need to be printed and it doesn't have to be placed on every seat.
I attached an image example from ANA:
I attached an image example from ANA:
Sep 11, 2017, 10:03 pm
#60
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FWIW, printed menus are provided in YCL on HKG/AKL/SYD flights. I doubt it would be too much trouble to add them throughout the system.
IIRC, and as someone mentioned above, I do believe DL provides menus in YCL on intercontinental flights.
IIRC, and as someone mentioned above, I do believe DL provides menus in YCL on intercontinental flights.