Most places don't stamp your passport if you're operating crew. The Germans will give you an "inserted page" with room for 40 stamps. You'll still end up getting extra pages in your passport after a few years.

Contract says it has to be a hot meal over 4 hours and 2 hot meals over 8. Some stations it's pretty good, some so so. We've got a program that lets you pick your meal going through Anchorage.