Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You picked two of the more expensive cities in the US. If you averaged all our layover cities we are on par or above the government rate. Keep in mind on international several of your meals are provided by the company in addition to per diem. Getting the flight attendants to not cook them 4 hours before serving them is however a entire other issue. Most typically purchase 1 dinner and breakfast on a 3 day trip.
Because they aren’t getting the per diem they should and conserve knowing they can eat on the plane. How is about his different from the passenger who takes a 3 day international business trip? They spend the same amount of time on the airplane and eat wellin first. They even get the meal right as it’s prepared.