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.