Horizon is a yes for meals. It was not hard to get. Once you get a whole group of pilots setting the brake, walking through the terminal, waiting in line, sitting down to eat, washing hands, walking back to the airplane..... The 30 minute turns went out the window.

Good luck finding the time to crack open the wallet on a 10-minute turn. I generally go all day without the opportunity to eat or drink anything. I'm tired and dehydrated at the end of most of my days. Combine that with no autopilot, fms, apu, flight attendant, or gps and it all adds up to me being fatigued as hell most days. For me, that's why a crew meal would be important. Oh, and it's hard for me to afford to crack the wallet open on my poverty level wage.

So pack something. Don't rely on the company to feed you. I believe that was the point of my post. And you shouldn't fly fatigued. It's bad mmmmmkay?:D

I just think its funny that we're sitting here talking about crew meals like they are manna sent from the gods. Don't get me wrong, they are great when you are starving and your only other option is to delay a flight for "crew physiological reasons" ie pilots and FAs are humans and must consume food to sustain themselves both physically and mentally. But a little planning on your part will hopefully keep you from reaching that point and they are DEFINITELY not worth spending negotiating capital on.

I miss Branded crew meals!;)

Haha! Bipolar, that's a new one. I'll take your stuff a little more seriously if you tell all of us how your GojetSS interview went. Apparently not too well... if you thought GojetSS turning down an applicant that was not possible. All propaganda.

Yikes! Here's some things I do to survive in the mighty Beech. Grab one of those huge Smartwater bottles (reuse it), and just wedge it on the side of your seat. You can buy those little Crystal light packets, and dump them in. That should last ya a few legs. Also, grab a ziplock bag of almonds, cashews, walnuts, etc., and put them in the side pocket. They don't take up a lot of room, so you are still able to move your seat back and forth. It gets me through the day, no problem. You're killin yourself man.:cool:

PSA has crew meals.. I miss them :(

Well, I am B1900 driver too and, here is what I do. I carry a Nalgene water bottle, that I drop my crystal light packs into. If my schedule (I am a Laker also) doesn't allow for a meal break with constant flying, I make a meal break. Haven't had a problem with mgmt about it. If they have a problem, F!!! them, I am a CA and, I won't let either of us fly hungry!

I pack my own snacks and food. I also did this when flying E145 at Express Jet.

Yeah, I've delayed a couple of flights at XJT in order to get food. Never heard anything about it.

You can always make a cup-o-noodles with a little hot water from the galley. Throw in a couple sandwiches from home and eat some soup in ops when you get the longer breaks. I bring some peanut butter from hotel b-fast and make little cookie-peanut butter sandwiches. Sometimes it breaks the bordom of the day to figure out how to eat for free, why would you want to ruin that with crew meals?

My fav is get some ketchup packets, add hot water and there ya go, Tomato soup!

I can make most 4 days without spending any money of food, now beer, thats a different story.