We hired a Skywest FO a year ago. He did seven years as an FO and couldn't take it anymore. One of his standard meals was a dry brick of Ramen, sprinkled with Tabasco, between two slices of white bread. It took a solid year to get him comfortable with $50 dinners. He was like a Pavlovian bloodhound in a hotel lobby, maniacal searching out free food.

I honestly don't know how he made it with a wife and two kids.