Crew Meals at the Fractionals - Good, Bad & Ugly

[dash_trash]

The difference is, we don't get grievance money when they screw it up. Now THAT might be a reason to get a union

We don't either ... YET! The companies time is coming, were they will pay dearly for violations of policy/contract.

 

[Dooker]

Stop whining about your meals, those of you who get per diem, plus a meal. What more do you want? A foot massage and a warm towel?

I've been flying corporate and '135 for the past few years and there were times I was so starved I was tempted to kabonk a frac guy over the head to steal his turkey on whole wheat.

Sure the company benefits. But so do you. So quit yer bitchin.

 

[dash_trash]

Food is not a benefit, it’s one of you necessities … So your willing to fly when you’re physiologically unfit (starved)? Not me.

I have no problem paying for my meals out of my per diem, but I need a place to spend the money. It was a lot easier flying 121 … you could just run inside the terminal and get a bit to eat. Let me know how that works when you have 1 hour in, say, Greensboro, GA. It doesn't, so hit me with a crew meal, preferably one that is edible.

Not bitc.ing, just stating a fact.

By the way, I'll take the warm towel :laugh:

 

[dime line]

Stop whining about your meals, those of you who get per diem, plus a meal. What more do you want? A foot massage and a warm towel?

I've been flying corporate and '135 for the past few years and there were times I was so starved I was tempted to kabonk a frac guy over the head to steal his turkey on whole wheat.

Sure the company benefits. But so do you. So quit yer bitchin.

Please go back to your management hole and let us do the real work of flying planes

 

[CA1900]

It was a lot easier flying 121 … you could just run inside the terminal and get a bit to eat. Let me know how that works when you have 1 hour in, say, Greensboro, GA. It doesn't, so hit me with a crew meal, preferably one that is edible...

I will say this: The crew lunch I got out of Greensboro, GA, a few weeks ago was one of the best ones I've had in a long time! Really tasty. I generally have better luck with the smaller caterers than in our company's "high-volume locations."

I'm just dying to go through Chattanooga again to get their BBQ. Yummmmm....

 

[dash_trash]

My point exectly ... were do you eat if you have a short sit and there is not a restaurant on the field. I agree about the smaller places. Personally, San Luis Abispo has been the best for me ... great food, hot FBO girls and always a free shirt or hat.

 

[learflyer]

I will say this: The crew lunch I got out of Greensboro, GA, a few weeks ago was one of the best ones I've had in a long time! Really tasty. I generally have better luck with the smaller caterers than in our company's "high-volume locations."

I'm just dying to go through Chattanooga again to get their BBQ. Yummmmm....

I second that good food in Greensboro, GA. now, if only Americus, GA could say the same!

 

[hammer2]

You Guys really get Food supplied to you??
How to you get a job at a fractional...Sign me up!

Sorry, you don't meet our mins.

 

[FLYLOW22]

You have a union and you have it. And so, we're getting it. The difference is, we don't get grievance money when they screw it up. Now THAT might be a reason to get a union

Well, that and if you had a Union they couldn't force this program down your throat (no pun intended!!). :nuts:

 

[FLYLOW22]

Stop whining about your meals, those of you who get per diem, plus a meal. What more do you want? A foot massage and a warm towel?

Well, yes.

 

[BeechScrub]

We are all now dumber for having watched that video.

 

[Galaxy]

You Guys really get Food supplied to you??
How to you get a job at a fractional...Sign me up!

Send your resume to Flight Options. and enjoy your new life!

 

[dime line]

Send your resume to "the lowest paid fract". and enjoy your new life!

Yes all you need is 500tt and be a "yes man"

 

[blueridge71]

By the way, I'll take the warm towel :laugh:

We used to get warm towels on the DoJet.

(sigh) Those were the days.

 

[Flybet3]

Stop whining about your meals, those of you who get per diem, plus a meal. What more do you want? A foot massage and a warm towel?

I've been flying corporate and '135 for the past few years and there were times I was so starved I was tempted to kabonk a frac guy over the head to steal his turkey on whole wheat.

Sure the company benefits. But so do you. So quit yer bitchin.

Good point. Some of these fat fu**s around here are just never happy.
It's free food dumba$$es. Geesh, this is what happens when you live with a spoon in your mouth. Talk about getting spoiled. Some of you here make me sick, and even worst it just proves of what a lame a$$ job your parents did in bringing you up. Never a please, thank you or excuse me.

 

[Diesel]

Hey stupid its not free food. It keeps the jet a burning and the engines turnin.

Anybody who thinks its "free food" has a lot to learn about this industry.

 

[dime line]

Good point. Some of these fat fu**s around here are just never happy.
It's free food dumba$$es. Geesh, this is what happens when you live with a spoon in your mouth. Talk about getting spoiled. Some of you here make me sick, and even worst it just proves of what a lame a$$ job your parents did in bringing you up. Never a please, thank you or excuse me.

I'll give you my "free" Tofu sandwich.....

 

[hammer2]

Hey stupid its not free food. It keeps the jet a burning and the engines turnin.

Anybody who thinks its "free food" has a lot to learn about this industry.

So your saying it's a fuel additive?

 

[Flybet3]

Hey stupid its not free food. It keeps the jet a burning and the engines turnin.

Anybody who thinks its "free food" has a lot to learn about this industry.

Hey reject are you paying for those meals? NO, if you're net jets or flex jet, you're not. So bite me.

 

[FLYLOW22]

So your saying it's a fuel additive?

Come on Hammer. You are better than that.

Fuel/Food are the things that keep the hardware and liveware of a fractional operating at peak efficiency.

Fuel for the plane is a concept that has been drilled into our heads from day one flight insdtruction. There are FARs to determine how much, how often, etc.

Food for the liveware (pilots) is a concept that goes back even further (to breast feeding as a baby), yet many management teams can't grasp it's importance. Obviously, some pilots grapple with the issue too.

Pilots are not to fly fatigued. Food induced fatigue is very real and surviving off of nuts, berries and Oreos from the back is not nutrition that will last. Our Owners pay for more than hungry, hunger-fatigued flight crews. They expect and deserve us reasted and fed; ready for duty.

Solutions needed...

1) Let the pilots leave the FBO and seek food (costly in terms of time and money).

2) Provide catered meals on demand at planned stops as required for the individual pilot's needs since he/she knows their nutritional needs best. This solves the nutritional issue AND makes the crew more time efficient as they can keep working and eat during turns or in the air. This is a GREAT benefit to the company. They know it and so do we.

Hunger is NOT an options and food is just as important at NetJets as the fuel load on that release.