Originally Posted by
buzzpat
^^^^^ As a professional Delta pilot, I strive to be the brand and embrace our customers. When I am forced (by the company) to haul ass down the jetway with a bag of unhealthy easy-to-come-by food product, it's embarrassing and I'm sure not what we want to be purveying to our customers. What's even worse, IMHO, is walking off the jet and see a fellow pilot scarfing a Big Mac at the gate in front of his soon-to-be passengers. That cannot instill a lot of warm fuzzies with the pax.
Certainly, if we're concerned about flight safety and projecting a professional image, the company can agree to a couple of crew meals (what, maybe $10 for two pilots?) and an additional five or ten minute turn time?
Really, if you need to get something to eat before a flight to be fit to fly, go eat. There is nothing not professional about getting something to eat walking down the jetway with food. Your job is to fly a safe plane. Being fed is part of that. We are human. Let's back to posting something that matters. To much crying like teens around here.