Curious, what do the Cargo and ACMI guys do for food enroute?

[BillJBrake]

Do you have Catering at places like FDX, UPS, GTI, CKS, etc? Do they just cater a meal and a couple cans of soda? You order what you want? Standard stuff?

I'd assume on 8+ hr flights that the company doesn't leave you responsible for grabbing a sandwich to have on the plane.

How does it work at your company? Thanks.

 

[propsarebest]

Freight flights are much betterer catered than a normal pax flight...

 

[FO 4 Life]

At UPS, we order meals and drinks off of menus. Certain things are standard on every flight (water, coffee, juice, etc.). It's nice having a refrigerator on your plane. I just flew ANC-NRT (about 7:30 block), had 2 hot meals and 1 snack. The meals are sort of broken down into breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices.

 

[Victor Meldrew]

Sometimes it seems we have catering for a passenger flight not one that has 4-5 crew members on it. Normally a lot of choice from snacks, sandwiches, hot meals even Hagen Daas

 

[Whine Lover]

Typical catering out of New York to Europe:

Steaks, chicken, salmon, baked pasta, mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables, a variety of foot long subs on homemade bread, salads, fruit plates, various cakes, chocolates, cookies, sodas, coffee, water, juices, milk, etc., etc., etc.

The above is just for one leg. There is almost always about double the amount necessary... typically about 8-10 full meals for 3-4 guys.

It's really sad to see most of it thrown away due to Customs regulations.

Galley is equipped with convection ovens, microwaves, (real) coffee makers, ice box, plates, utensils, and typically most condiments such as mustards, ketchup, hot sauces, worcestershire, salt, pepper, soy sauce, garlic salt, seasoned salt, mayo, and what have you.

It also seems that most of our meals are usually supplied by local restaurants as opposed to the typical little boxes of crap from Sky Chef or wherever. In other words it ain't " Airline Food."

Now, if only we could get some 1 oz. bags of peanuts...Dammit.



YMMV

 

[tubineotter]

no fridge just ice chests with old milk floating around in the ice.

broken ovens...........for your thawing airline hot meals

cheese and butter sandwiches with some so-so fruit

2 crews= 6 and LM and MX for a 30 hrs jaunt thru africa, yeah

surprised no bodies gotten really ill, just a slight case if the blues

 

[propilot]

Catering for us depends on the contract and the location, but you will never go hungry. There is almost always food left in the chillers or coolers when we land.

 

[dash8driver]

Curious, what do the Cargo and ACMI guys do for food enroute?

Just like some other carriers, some feed on the young...



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[thunderworm]

16 hr day into and out of S. America and not allowed off the plane our catering is zero. Only what you bring yourself. Contractors to cheap to give meals to the crew.

 

[Loco Gringo]

UPS catering yes, ACMI's not mine except some of the PAX flights.

 

[atpcliff]

We had 4 pilots on our last flight. The caterer only had 15 meals and asked if that was OK, or should he call and get the required 16th meal. We told him no problem, as we had tonnes of sandwiches and fruit, and some other stuff, in addtion to the 15 meals.

cliff
SYD

 

[propilot]

16 hr day into and out of S. America and not allowed off the plane our catering is zero. Only what you bring yourself. Contractors to cheap to give meals to the crew.

you need to find a new job...

 

[waazzuuuup!!]

With our company it all depends on what your transporting on the main deck. ex. If it's lobster and asparagus, take the crash ax from the cockpit and then you bust open a pallet and take enough lobsters for the crew. In the mean time have the water boiling in the teapot. When nice and hot drop a lobster in it. Do one at a time. Put asparagus in the oven for 10 minutes with salt / pepper and some butter. Add the Lobster for the last 7 minutes with salt, pepper and butter. If there is garlic on the main deck take some too and add to lobster as well.

Out of Santiago it's salmon. For this flight substitute salmon for lobster. Enjoy your flight!

Don't forget to attach a sticker on the pallet that says "damaged".

 

[filejw]

After 32 years of this I can guaranty some of you guys are gonna get FAT.....

 

[lansen]

Todays meal is pb and J and turkey sandwiches... That I bring from home....everyday...

 

[metrodriver]

At Amerijet you had to fix a bag of sandwiches to last through a 24 hr duty day. At another MIA outfit there was a big locker in the hanger for which the pilots had a key and you took whatever you thought would make you survive a long S.American night and day. Other outfits with ACMI it depended on the customer. UPS was good, Lufthansa excellent, Fedex bbq and other meals of a menu. I have seen some excellent catering in Africa, and lousy catering in the US (depending on location and customer). Our contract at one company said everything over 2.5 hrs had to be catered, at another it was an unwritten rule. Never had a fridge, never had a microwave, helped a mechanic fix a coffeemaker during a stop. If the oven broke, you had a problem. The good mechanics almost always had a way to get the thing running. Cold food in a large camping cooler with (dry) ice. Another cooler for the drinks.

 

[RJslim]

just a big ole $hit sandwich for us.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Now that i'm flying scheduled 121 PAX i can say i don't in a heartbeat miss the 14hr middle of the night call out, plastic bag consisting of what you can carry in a plastic bag/vending machine catering.

 

[waka]

just a big ole $hit sandwich for us.

Who is "us"?

 

[PHXFLYR]

Who is "us"?

USAirways.

PHXFLYR