I found it a bit telling when I left EWR yesterday on a transcon that only snackboxes were available to first class due to this refrigeration problem, yet somehow they found it acceptable to board regular crew meals to our non-chiller or thermal bag equipped aircraft.

I wonder how long those meals had been sitting in the catering truck parked on the EWR ramp in 90+ degree heat, and then shipped off on our 5+ hour flight...

It’s Newark dude.

[opens crew meal]

“Ewww, what is it?”

“Well if it’s moving it’s a rat. If it’s not moving, it’s a cooked rat.”

The kitchens was one of the first things LUAL farmed out way back in '91-'92ish if my memory serves.

One of Steven Wolf's ideas. He used that as a contract negotiating tool. He was going to sell the kitchen, TK, and outsource everything that couldn't justify the cost of doing business..

This entire thread, and not a single person has mentioned the $40 you’re all entitled to, every single flight with an owed meal, because of this very issue?

Is that something slipped into the contract? Last I checked there was no dollar limit to the expense allowed per the UPA.

You know what he meant. $40 dollar settlement plus whatever the replacement meal costs.

I know it, I was there. It was also the genesis of the ESOP. When it was it was all said and done I got a check from State Street Bank for around 1800 bucks.