You can live off of McDonalds. Just a cheesburger for lunch and dinner. About 5 bucks a pop.......

Ask for crew to give you their leftover food.

Ya. Eating food that is frozen/thawed/frozen/thawed is a recipe for food poisoning. Some hotels do not have refrigerators available. Others only have a "community" refrigerator with 2 week old pizza left in them.

I would rather spend the extra few bucks a week and eat like a civilized human rather than spending 2 days puking my guts out every couple of months.

It is not worth the hassle to me to even consider bringing 4 days worth of food. I think that it is unsafe and I do not want to screw my crew over by getting sick at an outstation and delaying them getting home.

If you delay me on day 4 because you have been eating bacteria riddled food for 4 days and are now sick, I will drag you into the parking lot and kick you in the taint.

Oatmeal, peanut butter, nuts, protein bars for the kitbag. In the cooler is a couple meals worth of leftovers from the house, yogurt, string cheese, lunch meat, veggies, hummus, guacamole, olives, and seasonal fruit.

I eat the free breakfast if it's good (real eggs, fresh meat). Many of them are nothing but pastries, waffles, and high glycemic foods. I avoid these, as it makes me hungrier later in the day.

When I grocery shop, I spend a little more to buy healthy, but it pays off in feeling better and hopefully fewer medical problems down the line.


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Find a Costco near your layover motel. You can graze the free samples all day long.

I just swiped a few cases of MRE's before I hung up the uniform......good regional food.....and you won't need to get up from the seat to ever take a dump....

Max out 401k first, PBJ's, fresh fruit like apples or dried fruit which you can make at home. Eat hotel bkfst also when available.

Another way to save substantial amounts of money.... Do not tip the van driver. They are already being paid to pick you up anyway. When was the last time you were tipped by a passenger as they deplaned?

Pb leave the j. Peanut butter has plenty of sugar. Buy sandwhich-thins for bread. Buy peanut butter in single serving cups. All this saves cooler space for veggies...real food.
Really workes well for me anyway.

The glamorous lifestyle of a regional pilot.

Giving flight lessons on my Microsoft flight simulator sitting in the food court with signs saying "flight lessons for food."


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