Did BA serve hot breakfasts on short haul flights?
Jun 29, 2018, 5:29 am
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Quite, it was usually fog at LHR/LGW and because the flights were so short the food was re-heated whilst passengers were boarding. Rather than waste it the crew would serve breakfast if the delay was going to be at least an hour - which was often on the earlier flights.
Jun 29, 2018, 6:56 am
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Absolutely did, then the hot food became a salad plate but still a full meal, then crisps and birdseed and now Percy Pig's. Progress in a nutshell.
Jun 29, 2018, 7:10 am
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Jun 29, 2018, 8:15 am
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I flew Air China from LHR to BJS and back in economy many years ago. The standard of food was the same back then as it looks now. Fun experience though.
Jun 29, 2018, 10:16 am
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Jun 29, 2018, 10:37 am
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I can remember a hot breakfast on an ATP BHD-GLA back about 2003 ish. Flying time of 25 mins, the trolleys must have been out before the gear even retracted!
Jun 29, 2018, 12:49 pm
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When I started flying EDI-LHR back in the mid-1990s the domestic breakfast was massive.
You got the hot element with bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, shrooms, plus a big yoghurt pot, corn flakes and jam a marmalade in glass jars, and bread rolls.
One evening flights they managed to serve a hot meal plus a separate drinks run before. Mind you they had more crew in those days.
Once the low costs started the food started shrinking - hot evening meals became salads. Then became a packet of crisps.
Only the smaller hot breakfast remaind a constant from the early 2000s till BOB came along.
You got the hot element with bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, shrooms, plus a big yoghurt pot, corn flakes and jam a marmalade in glass jars, and bread rolls.
One evening flights they managed to serve a hot meal plus a separate drinks run before. Mind you they had more crew in those days.
Once the low costs started the food started shrinking - hot evening meals became salads. Then became a packet of crisps.
Only the smaller hot breakfast remaind a constant from the early 2000s till BOB came along.
Jun 29, 2018, 12:58 pm
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I remember those shuttle breakfasts flying up to Glasgow from Heathrow in the late 90s -those trays were pretty big and had a decent sized breakfast on them. The hot lunches on the midday flights were good too. In fact, I seem to remember the catering was a lot more substantial than that provided on short haul European flights. However, I suppose it was necessary to match British Midland's catering on those same shuttle routes.
Jun 29, 2018, 1:10 pm
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In CE it is, of course, standard. However, we were impressed last December (JER-LGW) when ...
"With only 4 rows of CE, and 10 pax, the CSD kindly passed among us offering a pre-departure cup of tea! "
I believe a couple of pax took advantage of the offer!
"With only 4 rows of CE, and 10 pax, the CSD kindly passed among us offering a pre-departure cup of tea! "
I believe a couple of pax took advantage of the offer!
Jun 29, 2018, 2:47 pm
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When I started flying EDI-LHR back in the mid-1990s the domestic breakfast was massive.
You got the hot element with bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, shrooms, plus a big yoghurt pot, corn flakes and jam a marmalade in glass jars, and bread rolls.
One evening flights they managed to serve a hot meal plus a separate drinks run before. Mind you they had more crew in those days.
Once the low costs started the food started shrinking - hot evening meals became salads. Then became a packet of crisps.
Only the smaller hot breakfast remaind a constant from the early 2000s till BOB came along.
You got the hot element with bacon, eggs, sausage, tomato, shrooms, plus a big yoghurt pot, corn flakes and jam a marmalade in glass jars, and bread rolls.
One evening flights they managed to serve a hot meal plus a separate drinks run before. Mind you they had more crew in those days.
Once the low costs started the food started shrinking - hot evening meals became salads. Then became a packet of crisps.
Only the smaller hot breakfast remaind a constant from the early 2000s till BOB came along.
You can buy an awful lot of food for the savings these days - though I appreciate the top priced tickets are still the same price, though you are in CE now. .