CAL's Latest Pilot Concession

[Ex737Driver]

If C02 wasn't bad enough with the removal of crew meals, at least we had some option when service was completed with remaining first class or coach meals. Now, with today's pilot bulletin, we get the opportunity to purchase CREW meals from our own company. You can even purchase passenger meals, after the service has been completed, of course. Wow. I get to give more of my paycheck back to Continental(United) now. Interesting to see if mgmt will try to pull this same ******************** on UAL flights. Do the UAL pilots get crew meals? Or do they get to enjoy another slap in the face as the CAL pilots do?

 

[St. Nic]

Quit your complaining! Your lucky to have a job and besides you CHOSE to work there !!

 

[IAHERJ]

Did you read the bulletin? It specifically discussed crew meals being loaded on the plane(not for purchase) and even included color photos of the breakfast, lunch and hot dinner crew meals being loaded on the aircraft starting October 12th. Not sure why you posted this crap. 1st class meal leftovers will still be available. This gets us through the JCBA where crew meals will be enhanced and brought back even on the shorter flights. Nothing was mentioned about purchasing the crew meals. Read it again.

 

[145BOSS]

They always say that pilots are more math and science minded than reading and comprehension.

 

[Ben Franklin]

If C02 wasn't bad enough with the removal of crew meals, at least we had some option when service was completed with remaining first class or coach meals. Now, with today's pilot bulletin, we get the opportunity to purchase CREW meals from our own company. You can even purchase passenger meals, after the service has been completed, of course. Wow. I get to give more of my paycheck back to Continental(United) now. Interesting to see if mgmt will try to pull this same ******************** on UAL flights. Do the UAL pilots get crew meals? Or do they get to enjoy another slap in the face as the CAL pilots do?

Why don't you just man-up, pay for some food that you want in the terminal, sit down, eat properly and then take the delay on your next flight?

Wait... let me guess - you've recently flown with a pilot who was on an internet message board and found a link to the supreme court case where pilots eating at meal time was found to be an illegal job action?

It's food, a BASIC necessity for continuation of life.

Safety should be higher than #3 or #4 on your priority list while at work.

Sincerely,

B. Franklin

 

[JUNK YARD DOG]

Reading this thread reminds me of what an elderly lady said to me in the food court in IAH a few years back...

I was sitting alone at a table and she asked if she could sit as well.. When she sat down she asked

"Doesn't the airline feed you when you work".

"No ma'am they don't".

"Well you should talk to your union about that".

"Our union is who gave it back to the company".

"Sonny you need to get yourself a new union".

True story, and she was every bit of 80...

 

[Hvy]

If C02 wasn't bad enough with the removal of crew meals, at least we had some option when service was completed with remaining first class or coach meals. Now, with today's pilot bulletin, we get the opportunity to purchase CREW meals from our own company. You can even purchase passenger meals, after the service has been completed, of course. Wow. I get to give more of my paycheck back to Continental(United) now. Interesting to see if mgmt will try to pull this same ******************** on UAL flights. Do the UAL pilots get crew meals? Or do they get to enjoy another slap in the face as the CAL pilots do?

Yes....we get crew meals. On legs greater than 5 hours we get 2.

 

[IAHERJ]

And this thread is ridiculous. Don't get me wrong. I'll call the company out when they are doing something stupid but the bulletin posted today was basically letting us know that as we transition to on board purchase for meals in the main cabin, they are going to provide crew meals to the FA's and pilots on domestic legs. We already get crew meals on international legs. They consist of a apps, a salad, and a choice of at least 3 hot entree's from the businessfirst cabin. This thread needs to be erased. BTW, I do look forward to hot meals being included in the crew meal selection for shorter domestic legs at meal times......at last

 

[Ex737Driver]

Did you read the bulletin? It specifically discussed crew meals being loaded on the plane(not for purchase) and even included color photos of the breakfast, lunch and hot dinner crew meals being loaded on the aircraft starting October 12th. Not sure why you posted this crap. 1st class meal leftovers will still be available. This gets us through the JCBA where crew meals will be enhanced and brought back even on the shorter flights. Nothing was mentioned about purchasing the crew meals. Read it again.

Easy beavis, easy. Yep, I read it wrong. I'm apparently not the grammer wiz ard you are. "With the launch of food for sale, crew meals will be added to flights that will offer fresh food for sale". You saw it one way, I saw it another. I read it as since we are selling food, we will add crew meals for sale too on those flights. I get it. Can I have my head back now?

 

[Ex737Driver]

And this thread is ridiculous. Don't get me wrong. I'll call the company out when they are doing something stupid but the bulletin posted today was basically letting us know that as we transition to on board purchase for meals in the main cabin, they are going to provide crew meals to the FA's and pilots on domestic legs. We already get crew meals on international legs. They consist of a apps, a salad, and a choice of at least 3 hot entree's from the businessfirst cabin. This thread needs to be erased. BTW, I do look forward to hot meals being included in the crew meal selection for shorter domestic legs at meal times......at last

Apologies again, oh master of the majors board. Please excuse my error and allow me to at least lurk on the threads you deem appropiate.

 

[ualdriver]

Us UAL guys can go into Unimatic (our crappy internal computer system) and choose what types of meals you want for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack. The trip tells you which of the 4 you will get on a particular ID. Of those 4 meals, you can choose from about 10 or so different sub choices. Off the top of my head, you can choose light choice, regular, Hindu, muslim, light choice chicken, light choice fish, diabetic, kosher, and I think a few others. The crew meals are actually not bad in my opinion. I would assume we would all get ghat going forward, unless you guys have something better.

 

[Ex737Driver]

Us UAL guys can go into Unimatic (our crappy internal computer system) and choose what types of meals you want for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack. The trip tells you which of the 4 you will get on a particular ID. Of those 4 meals, you can choose from about 10 or so different sub choices. Off the top of my head, you can choose light choice, regular, Hindu, muslim, light choice chicken, light choice fish, diabetic, kosher, and I think a few others. The crew meals are actually not bad in my opinion. I would assume we would all get ghat going forward, unless you guys have something better.

I'd post the pictures but then I'm sure you have already had your laugh for the day.

 

[ualdriver]

I'd post the pictures but then I'm sure you have already had your laugh for the day.

Did any of the pictures look like this?

 

[HAL]

Did any of the pictures look like this?

What's the problem? That looks like a standard crew meal on HA.

HAL

 

[IAHERJ]

Apologies again, oh master of the majors board. Please excuse my error and allow me to at least lurk on the threads you deem appropiate.

No worries man. I've read bulletins wrong many times. I just didn't take the time to blog about them after reading it wrong. Now I'd like you to lurk on one of the numerous threads about SWA being the greatest airline in the history of aviation to work for and back me up as I lob pop shots at their lofty theories. Thank you,

Master of the majors board jr(General Lee is my father)

 

[texman]

No worries man. I've read bulletins wrong many times. I just didn't take the time to blog about them after reading it wrong. Now I'd like you to lurk on one of the numerous threads about SWA being the greatest airline in the history of aviation to work for and back me up as I lob pop shots at their lofty theories. Thank you,

Master of the majors board jr(General Lee is my father)

And I thought you where sincere about your comments.

 

[IAHERJ]

I am sincere. This is in jest. Not lobbing pop shots at SWA or AAI but rather the outlandish claims coming from some of their pilots(not you). This was in response to his earlier post on the CAL topic.

 

[contrail67]

No worries man. I've read bulletins wrong many times. I just didn't take the time to blog about them after reading it wrong. Now I'd like you to lurk on one of the numerous threads about SWA being the greatest airline in the history of aviation to work for and back me up as I lob pop shots at their lofty theories. Thank you,

Master of the majors board jr(General Lee is my father)

I have been living my life thinking the General was MY father!...i am crushed again.

 

[IAHERJ]

I was raising some Hell on some other threads yesterday and giving some SWA pilots crap for their recent arrogant attitudes and a buddy of mine(who knows who I really am) sent me a text stating I was looking like General Lee light or something. I am going to take a few days off from posting now.....

 

[AWACoff]

If C02 wasn't bad enough with the removal of crew meals, at least we had some option when service was completed with remaining first class or coach meals. Now, with today's pilot bulletin, we get the opportunity to purchase CREW meals from our own company. You can even purchase passenger meals, after the service has been completed, of course. Wow. I get to give more of my paycheck back to Continental(United) now. Interesting to see if mgmt will try to pull this same ******************** on UAL flights. Do the UAL pilots get crew meals? Or do they get to enjoy another slap in the face as the CAL pilots do?

The original poster is correct. Once the passengers have had a chance to purchase food, the crew will have the ability to purchase the leftovers.