sf wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:32:37 -0500, Michael Horowitz
> > wrote:
>
>> Having just flown IAD-ABQ and noticed the in-flight box lunches they
>> offer, I was wondering what you pack to eat during the flight.
>> Can't be anything TSA wouldn't allow, so a bottle of water is out, but
>> sliced tomato with mozzarella and balsamic vinegar is in, as is a
>> small pack of carrots; a candelabra is out; crackers, cheese, salami
>> is good; buy wine on board. a cookie is good.
>>
> Why do people want to eat on a flight that is less than 5 hours long?
> Watch a movie instead, eat in the airport before you take off if you
> want to eat that badly. Airport food is pretty good over all and not
> very expensive anymore. I had a fabulous burrito at O'Hare the last
> time I flew through there.


It is not just the flight time. There is the time it takes to get to the
airport, being there early, layovers, possible delays. Last we we flew
Estonia and Scandinavia. That involved leaving here to an airport and
hour and a half from home and allowing extra time for traffic problems
and to get parking lot and over to the airport 2-3 hours ahead of the
flight time. A few years before that we flew Buffalo to Denver with a
connection in Cleveland. It is at least an hour to the airport, provided
that it is clear sailing through the border, which it often isn't. We
were told to be there an hour before the flight. We had a layover in
Cleveland, then another 3 hour flight. The food on each of the two
flights snacks. I suppose we could have had some expensive crappy fast
food at the airport. While flying time was four hours total, it was more
like 8 hours from the time we left home until we arrived very hungry in
Denver.