Cannot believe this was economy only 25 years ago :(
ok, I’m bringing my own durian next flight.
Spirit only been out of business for 24 hours and Delta rushing to fill the void of shitty service
Whoa whoa. If you saw how bad both Canadian international carriers were, you’d understand Delta striving for shitty service is actually cultural appropriation. That’s apparently our thing.
I’m suddenly reminded of when United Airlines was dragging customers down the middle of the aisle of the plane for some reason.
They break your guitar then beat you up
like the vultures they are.
THEN THEY WONT BE MAD WHEN I BRING MY OWN FOOD TO THE AIRPORT RIGHT…
RIGHT…
CORRECT. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN MAD ABOUT BRINGING YOUR OWN FOOD TO THE AIRPORT. THAT HAS LITERALLY ALWAYS BEEN ALLOWED. THE ONLY THING THEY DONT ALLOW IS LIQUIDS. SOLID FOOD IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
THIS ISNT A HIDDEN FACT OR LOOPHOLE OR ANYTHING, ITS PRETTY STANDARD INFORMATION SO IM STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD FUCK THAT UP.
Guys brought a large pizza each on a newark-austin flight in 2001. The rest of us on the packed flight were Sooo jealous.
… Actually, they don’t get mad. I have done that a few times, bringing sandwiches with me.
TSA only cares about liquids, you can bring all the non-liquid food on you want. If it fits in the scanner (and doesn’t show up as liquid), it’s all good. Your airline may care about bringing extra carry-ons, but they won’t careif you eat it before getting on.
And I’ve been on a bunch of those short flights, they go up and are cruising for about 20 mins before they start coming down. I bet the cabin crew didn’t always make it to the back of the plane anyway before they had to pack it up.
Of all the shitty things airlines do, it might be the least shitty.
They don’t even care if you eat your own food during a flight. The flight attendants only concern is that the tray table is up during takeoff and landing. Aside from that, eat (almost) whatever you want.
In my experience you are right but I wonder how far you could take it… Like there are outlets at most seats in modern airplanes, could I bring a hot plate and make Korean BBQ on the flight?
DO NOT DO THIS! BEST CASE YOU WILL PROBABLY BE INCONVIENCED AND HARESSED, WORST CASE ARESSTED!
I don’t think airplane outlets output more than 100Watts
I have no idea, just a funny thought. What if you used your carry-on for like a 30lb turkey and started carving it up like Thanksgiving once you reach coasting altitude?
No carving knives allowed. Otherwise a good plan.
Good point… Wonder if you could get a blender in your carry on. Imagine what would happen if you just started making smoothies mid-flight.
Oh, that’s not going to fit under your seat.
Obviously not, that’s what your carry on is for. Under the seat might work for sides or maybe some bisquits…
what if you mod somesort of abonimation that connects to 10 separate outlets to power the hotplate?
Yep. TSA didn’t care about the Teamsters sandwiches, just the Teamsters dipping sauce.
TSA only cares about liquids, you can bring all the non-liquid food on you want.
True, BUT, I’ve seen them tell a guy that a salami was a liquid and confiscate it.
well, they are putting more water in mass market cold cuts these days…
They don’t even care about ice. So I bring ice through TSA and just fill up the bottle after I get through.
I’ve been on a few Delta flights, and I often bring snacks. I think I brought a muffin on and ate it on one. They don’t care. I don’t know why they would either.
Your shit will get extra searched if any if the food is in containers they can’t scan though. Not exactly convenient to have my bag fully emptied and scrutinized by TSA because I brought Goldfish crackers. Also flights near the Canadian border definitely have food restrictions even if you are flying between US destinations.
Not at all. I boarded lots of planes with food brought from outside the airport. Even international, back to Europe from the USA I went through the controls with some left over chicken no problem.
You know I don’t fly and did not think much about the liquid restriction but this kinda makes me think they should always provide water, coffee, tea, pop, and other cheap options.
Most airports have the water bottle fillers you can fill for free, but most everything else has airport pricing.
Also, some forms of chai look very similar to explosives with their new scanners.
You should always be able to get water for free on a plane
So, big block of ice?
No they don’t I’ve done it a lot
Ryanair threatened to charge me for an “extra bag”. The “extra bag” was a sandwich.
Sure but I doubt the sandwich was the issue, it was that it was a second item. If you had it in your bag there likely wouldn’t have been an issue
It was a sandwich I’d bought at the airport. They’d put it in a wee baggy. I ate the sandwich before I boarded and threw away the bag. The person who tried to charge me was the check in dude.
You can bring anything you want as long as it’s not more than 3oz liquids
it’s hilarious how flying gets exponentially worse every single year and everyone’s all ohwellwaddayagonnadoamirite
i don’t know how much money you’d have to pay me to ever deal with flying again, but it would be a lot.
I’m 6’3". Flying was fine 25 years ago, but those seats are getting closer and closer and years ago I just said fuck it. Between security and border control, plus delays, it’s now faster to drive.
However, while people blame airlines, by far the biggest irritant is flyers. These women who show up in pyjamas and slippers for a 90 minute flight.
i’m 5’8", but between the tiny little toddler size seats with open ketchup packets stuffed in the cushions, the deliberately overbooked flights, the cancelled flights, airport traffic, airport parking, airport extortion prices for everything, lines for checking luggage, luggage fees, luggage size/weight limits, lost/destroyed luggage, layovers at labyrinthine airports (fuck you double, ATL), and literally everything else i haven’t mentioned having to do with flying–
i’ll go ahead and stuff my car with as much luggage (and liquid) as i want (for fucking free), leave when i want, stop where i want as often as i want (and park for free), not listen to some weirdo sitting so close i can smell what they had for breakfast yesterday yapping about some bullshit i couldn’t care less about the entire trip, and just fucking drive. and not throw even more money out the window renting a car when i get there. oh, the thing you want me to be at is too far away for me to make it in time? so, so sorry, i won’t be in attendance then.
its madtv paradoy of the airlines fufilling prophecy. in the that madtv skits, the airline was nickle and diming everything, including seatbelts, up to the oxygen.
Sorry i really don’t give a shit or share everyone’s angst.
Airplane snacks and drinks have always been shit.
Amazingly I’ll sit on my couch, or at my desk for 3+ hours without anyone bringing me a drink or stale pretzels and I somehow survive. It’s a miracle every time.
Yeah after flying for business for 30 years, I don’t eat or drink any of that crap anymore. I eat before I get on the plane or take my own snacks on with me.
Yeah, for 20ish years now all I do is bring some bottled water with me.
I totally agree. It should be like a time length thing, where like 3+ hour flights it’s required and people that actually like it can fly on airlines that advertise it. They have water refill stations in most airports if you want to bring a bottle and you can purchase other beverages if you wish.
It’s actually annoying to take off, then 20 mins later have them do a drink service that takes a half hour to complete, to then have them come back and bother me again less than an hour later to pick up cups.
I feel like 3+ hours you should get an actual meal. thats a long time especially if you take into account getting through security and to the airport.
Free whisky was nice.
If there are any fellow Dutch people here do not bring Gevulde speculaas. It looks like bombs to them. Ask me how I found out at Schiphol…
I don’t see why “free” food and drink, beyond water, has to be provided in basic fare. It just adds a layer of cost.
If you want food service, pay for it.
Last time I flew through Madrid, beyond security, there was a Burger King (a bit more expensive than regular), a bunch of other deli and coffe places where you could get sandwiches, baguettes, etc, water fountains to refill your bottle all over the place, and a bunch of vending machines with sandwiches and snacks.
Makes sense to me.
For the love of God, don’t carry a stinky takeout double whopper onto a plane.
People carry stinky babies on planes.
Maybe they should have thought about that before taking away the little bags of pretzels and cookies
That happens all the time, if you are flying out of any major airport. It really isn’t that big of a deal.
