Crew Meals at the Fractionals - Good, Bad & Ugly

[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.