Food/treats from passengers
 

I'm occasionally offered some kind of home made treat like cookies or candy from a Flt attendant. Fairly offen these treats were given to them by a passenger or jumpseater or non-rev. I never accept them unless I know and trust the person who gave them. It just seems like good policy.

I was surprised to find that there is no language in our FOM addressing this issue. Can you imagine the fallout if both pilots ate an "edible?" For those of you who don't live in a state where marijuana is legal, an edible is a food item that is laced with THC. Great fun for Friday night at the frat house. Not so great if your about to fly a bunch of passengers.

Do any of you have specific language in your FOM about this issue?

Does common sense have to be mandated? Would you eat something given to you by a total stranger in the airport?

Really? Have you ever read your FOM? If common sense played a part in writing an FOM. They'd be a lot shorter.

Good point, if my airline didn't want me to eat cookies and candy from strangers there would obviously be guidance in the FOM. For now, yes, I would like a glass of milk with that.

I think most crew know better than to offer homemade goodies to flight crew, unless they know them well.

Some of our regular commuters will bring commercially packed candy, like M&M's. I'm OK with one of us eating that...if the FO wants it, it's all his. If he doesn't want any then I might eat it.

But unfortunately in the world we live in you just have to be careful.

Be especially careful if an old crone in a pointy hat tries to give you an apple.

I'm not saying that we are not smart enough to refuse the offers. I'm saying the flight attendants shouldn't accept them and offer them to us. I don't know what they do with the food after we say no. I'm guessing they share among themselves.

Sheesh. Stranger Danger everybody. What the hell is wrong with you? Policies for when or what to eat? I'm at a loss for words with how pathetic people are in the US these days.

Our FOM says we shouldn't both eat the same food at the same time, so I somewhat try to comply with that. I also choose not to eat food provided by strangers while flying an airliner

1) If we both get sick, even due to accidental food poisoning, it could degrade safety. I flew with a guy who got a bad turkey sandwich...hurled all over the place and was essentially incapacitated, we had a long break so it didn't happen in flight but it could have. If we had both had that sandwich and then departed the FAs looking for a PPL in the cabin...

2) Unfortunately the reality is that airliners are a target. Not prudent to take food from strangers...or if you do save it until you're done for the day.

Sheesh, a little harsh dude. I'm asking about your airlines policy. I don't think calling me pathetic is resonable.