How Airlines Make Meals For Thousands Of People

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • For many people economy class used to mean soggy pasta, rubbery eggs and dried-out chicken. For a time U.S airlines even stopped serving free meals altogether in economy class. But in 2019 U.S. airlines posted their tenth straight year of profitability and premium and economy cabins are seeing more food options than ever before.
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    How Airlines Make Meals For Thousands Of People

Комментарии • 914

  • @a_bb_a6356
    @a_bb_a6356 4 года назад +2775

    Narrator: With the number of air passengers expected to double in the year 2020
    Corona virus: Hold my drink

    • @rsbandbj1
      @rsbandbj1 4 года назад +28

      HAHAHAHHAHA. i did chuckle out loud

    • @lmc87lmc-archive95
      @lmc87lmc-archive95 4 года назад +25

      U mean hold my virus?

    • @mrs.w8193
      @mrs.w8193 4 года назад +2

      A_B B_A 😂😂😂

    • @aaronsalentine7876
      @aaronsalentine7876 4 года назад +3

      The new hansta Virus out of china today. Wait up let me join.

    • @aaronsalentine7876
      @aaronsalentine7876 4 года назад +1

      The new hansta Virus out of china today. Wait up let me join.

  • @IReapZz95
    @IReapZz95 4 года назад +1028

    I don’t know what economy class you analyzed but my dried chicken and showy pasta hasn’t changed in economy

    • @Mr_Battlefield
      @Mr_Battlefield 4 года назад +29

      You must have only flew with United Airlines. Try a different airline next time.

    • @IReapZz95
      @IReapZz95 4 года назад +19

      @@Mr_Battlefield that's actually one of the few airlines I haven't touch in the past 5 years

    • @IReapZz95
      @IReapZz95 4 года назад +32

      @Dave Daniels American, Delta, Iberia, Air Europa, Spirit and a couple other European ones when I go into Europe. I mostly use Delta and American Airlines and the dried chicken and showy pasta hasn't changed

    • @IReapZz95
      @IReapZz95 4 года назад +2

      @Dave Daniels I travel mostly between Philly, New York, DC, Florida, Spain and Central America

    • @annoyingguyoninternet1631
      @annoyingguyoninternet1631 4 года назад +10

      Hmm prob same catering company or local food supply

  • @heesingsia4634
    @heesingsia4634 4 года назад +417

    Worked in the cabin for a few years. The weirdest meals we've served is a set meal from a&w because we ran into a group of last minute passengers at an airport without catering services. Feedback from the passengers was, it was the best in-flight meal they've ever had

    • @ykl1277
      @ykl1277 4 года назад +7

      A & W? Is that a cheap chain or expensive?

    • @silvanverhoeven
      @silvanverhoeven 4 года назад

      Tactical.

    • @17sahilkumar
      @17sahilkumar 4 года назад +26

      @@ykl1277 slightly more expensive than McDonald's

    • @breadfan9
      @breadfan9 3 года назад

      @Morahman7vnNo2 Canada and US

    • @gerrilevin279
      @gerrilevin279 3 года назад

      burgers

  • @JM-gz1ej
    @JM-gz1ej 4 года назад +1519

    I don;t need no fancy foods, just give me some decent leg and elbow rooms.

  • @nathancosta36
    @nathancosta36 4 года назад +666

    "Airline food is awful"
    Me: consuming a dish with $1 sushi, taco, & orangeade

    • @pavelmyronyuk2229
      @pavelmyronyuk2229 4 года назад +15

      Nathan Costa 1 sushi? Wtf is that?

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 4 года назад +7

      Mind your food & enjoy then!

    • @jonny9464
      @jonny9464 4 года назад +8

      @@ManlyHK1 my top tip would be read a book by a legitimate business person, and then when you do make lots of money, don't forget about the experiences of people who arent as fortunate. But each to their own.

    • @seanlindo3548
      @seanlindo3548 4 года назад +2

      @@ManlyHK1 I'm not trusting anyone that bankrupts a casino or stares at the sun.

    • @xlncy
      @xlncy 4 года назад +1

      @@cejannuzi how do you know I drink tang

  • @ayazamikanz5299
    @ayazamikanz5299 4 года назад +921

    They used to stop mid flight to go eat at restaurants.
    *I want that.*

    • @Teochewtuahang
      @Teochewtuahang 4 года назад +52

      The problem in today is that airport authority charge airline between $1k-$5k for landing and the same amount for taking off. Airlines do not want to pay for that so they always prefer to fly nonstop

    • @ktelite
      @ktelite 4 года назад +2

      @@Teochewtuahang don't they have to pay depending on the airplane weight as well?

    • @Teochewtuahang
      @Teochewtuahang 4 года назад +3

      @@ktelite it depend on the size. Usually, before landing or take off, pilots will inform air controllers their aircraft is light, medium or heavy

    • @kooljiang7186
      @kooljiang7186 3 года назад +3

      Fast food, Ramen & Soda is fine for millions everyday but they need some sort of gourmet meal when they're on a plane.

    • @timmy5949
      @timmy5949 3 года назад +1

      An when a airport is crowded they will begin to charge companies hourly for a plane sitting in the pay it could be parked loading didn’t matter if it was there for to long they’d start a tab that could make a flight cost 3x its original amount so your flight do to food poisoning could be delayed an prices would be astronomical bankrupting the companies the best thing airline could do is beff up the Cabin ability to maintain a higher pressure but in that would cost billions

  • @smartino85
    @smartino85 4 года назад +199

    When my dad was still alive, he got the opportunity to ride with Pan American Airlines, he mentioned that the food was plenty and very good. But as the years passed and airlines got bigger and more people flying, food service changed too. I remember a time, my dad didn't eat the food served him, so the FA offered him food from Business Class. They had lobster at that time, lol

    • @MubashirullahD
      @MubashirullahD 4 года назад +8

      How nice.

    • @justastudent1423
      @justastudent1423 3 года назад +7

      Yeah, I heard something like that from my mom too. Way back in the day we had this carrier called VARIG in Brazil. It was pretty big, they had 747's and all (one of which will be blown up in the upcoming Cristopher Nolan's movie). They'd serve lobster and champaign or filet mignon and wine to EVERYONE in the plane, free of extra charge.

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 2 года назад

      When did they stop?

  • @alvintan9947
    @alvintan9947 4 года назад +297

    Narrator: With more people travelling than ever before...
    2020: No.

    • @charlenewoods7631
      @charlenewoods7631 3 года назад +4

      Narrator: With more people travelling than ever before...
      2020: No.

  • @RudieObias
    @RudieObias 4 года назад +647

    Nowadays you're lucky to get a pack of peanuts on a flight.

    • @davidmartineztorres8731
      @davidmartineztorres8731 4 года назад +39

      In august, I flew from london to orlando, not even a glas of water

    • @gkishoreji
      @gkishoreji 4 года назад +20

      Only pretzels; says southwest

    • @suzannecooke2055
      @suzannecooke2055 4 года назад +7

      no no no no - that would be "a generous serving of legumes with the same protein content of a steak dinner" "huh" "peanuts ma'am".
      This was a frequent exchange my husband reported when he work in customer service for a major airline.

    • @shino8854
      @shino8854 4 года назад +7

      @@davidmartineztorres8731 That's a 10+hour flight, are you sure they didn't offer a drink.

    • @quinn_nz
      @quinn_nz 4 года назад +3

      I flew from Christchurch NZ to Auckland NZ (1h 30min flight) and got coffee, cookie, potato chips and candy for free with Air New Zealand

  • @kevcoverssolos
    @kevcoverssolos 4 года назад +255

    Canadians: “you guys get food?”

    • @sawarebel
      @sawarebel 4 года назад +21

      Canadians from Quebec and Ontario: "are you not paying every single dollar to rent an apartment?"

    • @wheneggsdrop1701
      @wheneggsdrop1701 4 года назад +11

      @@sawarebel Also new yorkers.

    • @sawarebel
      @sawarebel 4 года назад +3

      @@wheneggsdrop1701 yep,big rotten apple

    • @CarvedParachute
      @CarvedParachute 4 года назад +4

      Dodge Guy BC too

    • @courtneystroud503
      @courtneystroud503 4 года назад

      So true... but got to love West Jet. They are a very caring airline in my opinion.

  • @ardentdfender4116
    @ardentdfender4116 4 года назад +280

    I live in the U.S and travel for work and I cross the country often as well fly internationally. The only times I can actually ever recalled being served a meal on a flight were my several flights overseas on Qatar Airways which was decent and far better service that U.S carriers. But I cannot recall in recent memory being served any meals on a U.S carrier. The only thing i've been served on U.S carriers are peanuts and pretzels.

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 4 года назад +8

      Delta always has a meal of transcontinental flights, usually a sandwich, a potato salad, and a Ghirardelli chocolate square.

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 4 года назад +5

      @@user-iq9qr5cx3h there's no such rule.

    • @Ilikepie18855
      @Ilikepie18855 4 года назад +10

      @@user-iq9qr5cx3h no, maybe 6 hours and more? I flew from NY to Houston, 5 hours fight I think, only pretzels

    • @ascotberks2018
      @ascotberks2018 4 года назад +5

      Sorry, if you fly often you should be upgrade some of the times. Meals in first. Meals for sale on flights greater than 2 hours. All over the US.

    • @GeorgeChernoff
      @GeorgeChernoff 4 года назад +6

      Here in Europe most of the companies provide meal if flight is longer than 3hrs. Been fed on Singapore - Bali ~2hr flight with KLM, Frankfurt - Barcelona the same story. I feel wierd if company does not provide free meal onboard.

  • @shino8854
    @shino8854 4 года назад +25

    Never felt more of a peasant after watching this. Economy traveler here

  • @gabedarrett1301
    @gabedarrett1301 4 года назад +106

    Am I the only one who looks forward to airplane food? There's just something appealing about knowing that you're eating in the sky

    • @ademhawilson5579
      @ademhawilson5579 3 года назад +10

      i look forward to the peanuts and pretzels. also sprite tastes way better while you’re in the air.

    • @calebyao.
      @calebyao. 3 года назад +3

      @@ademhawilson5579 so tru

    • @SLone3251
      @SLone3251 3 года назад +4

      I look forward to it too, not just you. I've enjoyed 90% of the airplane food I've had -- US airlines and Asian ones alike. I'm lucky (and I'm a super picky eater).

    • @andrewzheng4038
      @andrewzheng4038 3 года назад +2

      Airplane food, even in economy really has gotten way better. The last bad meal Ive had was two years ago on Lufthansa (it was a piece of chicken drowning in BBQ sauce)

    • @lauraschotter
      @lauraschotter 3 года назад +2

      No I’m looking forward to it too! I remember when I was flying from Europe to LA on Christmas Eve over North Pole and sipping a red wine... gosh I feel so lucky I experienced it!

  • @leaphengleng2941
    @leaphengleng2941 4 года назад +126

    Title: "How Airlines made meal for thousands of people."
    Me: On aircraft watching this video and saw no meal offer only coffee, orange juice and fking water fountain.

    • @shahimagesyt
      @shahimagesyt 4 года назад +6

      What airline and route were you on?

    • @manny7886
      @manny7886 4 года назад +1

      Short flights?

  • @rawbacon
    @rawbacon 4 года назад +258

    Fast food, Ramen & Soda is fine for millions everyday but they need some sort of gourmet meal when they're on a plane.

    • @Nubplaysgtfinal
      @Nubplaysgtfinal 4 года назад +53

      I mean if you paid a few hundred for a ticket,you would expect at least a decent meal

    • @siddhant...
      @siddhant... 4 года назад +34

      Yeah as if we didn't pay hundreds of dollars to be on the plane. Nobody would complain if tickets costed like a few bucks. People just feel when they're paying so much to travel they should have better options.

    • @mrs.w8193
      @mrs.w8193 4 года назад +18

      Raw Bacon I don’t think people are asking for gourmet meals, we are just asking for meals. They DONT even serve meals anymore on domestic flights. Only international flights. For all the money we pay, serve us more than nasty peanuts and gross soda

    • @roomie4rent
      @roomie4rent 4 года назад +8

      Flyers don't eat that garbage. They're typically upper class people with more refined tastes and higher expectations when it comes to food.

    • @nathansevereijns
      @nathansevereijns 4 года назад +4

      @@roomie4rent it makes gas station sandwiches seem like a buffet lol

  • @kittyk1346
    @kittyk1346 3 года назад +14

    My brother worked as cabin crew on a UK budget airline & they let the crew take home food that was unsold from the last flight of the day, was very nice having a cheese toastie or baguette the next day!

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад

      So, do they taste better on the ground?

  • @b8702131
    @b8702131 4 года назад +68

    11:55 "Anything that happens on an airplane can immediately become viral..."
    Who's chuckling to themselves when they heard this in 2020?

    • @magicbeans3509
      @magicbeans3509 4 года назад +1

      b8702131 omg lololol

    • @factsverse9957
      @factsverse9957 4 года назад

      @@magicbeans3509 hey lmao

    • @shepherdsgamingrun
      @shepherdsgamingrun 4 года назад +1

      Never mind 2020... 2019 was the year of people being forcibly punched off flights.

    • @aaleyah3082
      @aaleyah3082 4 года назад +1

      @Saul Simon Tan I think they mean *viral*. As in...virus...like COVID-19.

    • @shepherdsgamingrun
      @shepherdsgamingrun 4 года назад +1

      @@aaleyah3082 I'm pretty sure the CNBC did not mean that one. The original commenter did, which is probably something we can chuckle at a few years from now but is kind of bordering on insensitive at this moment.

  • @ninjanerdstudent6937
    @ninjanerdstudent6937 4 года назад +77

    Whenever I request “vegan” on flights, I always get very good looking fruits, vegetables, and bread, and it tastes yummy too. I’ve tried non-vegan food on flights, and it really is as rubbery as CNBC admits. All I’m saying is, next time you are on a flight, request a “vegan” meal to get a good experience.

    • @theminipetabyte4610
      @theminipetabyte4610 4 года назад +9

      That's half true. It's really just special meals that get better quality such as Gluten Free, Kosher, ect thanks to the fact it isn't batch made/made on a smaller scale of batches compared to conventional meals.

    • @lizzy4827
      @lizzy4827 4 года назад +5

      They always tell you to request the meals for special diets beforehand, otherwise you get whatever they have.

    • @mrs.w8193
      @mrs.w8193 4 года назад +4

      Whole Food Plant-Based Man thanks for the tip. Will do

    • @zain4019
      @zain4019 4 года назад +1

      Whole Food Plant-Based Man
      Interesting:)

    • @trooperdgb9722
      @trooperdgb9722 3 года назад

      Or Kosher. Those meals are of course made by approved companies. Some aren't good...can't remember the company names anyway...but the last one I had was not only good...but MORE than I could eat... (OK>>that WAS in domestic First class in the USA)

  • @angiewu932
    @angiewu932 4 года назад +87

    Am I the only one that loves the super low budget long haul meals? It's not that it's the tastiest, rather that you get to eat it in a plane that makes it so wonderful.

    • @seanmcdonald5859
      @seanmcdonald5859 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely!! I'm on a plane, I'm on holiday and it's the first day of an adventure overseas: what could possibly be better 😃

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад +2

      In the dry airplane atmosphere, even just a plain loaf of bread tastes wonderful to me. Plus, you have nothing else to rush to or worry about. Time seems to stands still up there. It's like a meditation retreat. So, anything that stimulates my senses just a little feels like a novelty.

    • @son7133
      @son7133 Год назад

      Yes yes and yes thought it was just me 🙈

  • @VintageToiletsRock
    @VintageToiletsRock 4 года назад +38

    Coronavirus: _Allow me to introduce myself..._

  • @julissa8640
    @julissa8640 4 года назад +79

    I’m still addicted to these videos

  • @InFltSvc
    @InFltSvc 2 года назад +11

    I am a retired Flight Attendant. I love to cook and catering has become a go to for family and friends when they have parties. So I decided to apply those skills to LSF Sky Chefs in Florida. I was appalled when they made me an offer to be in their kitchen at 3AM to cook first class food for them at the rate of $9.50 an hour. I literally got up from the table that had four of their top people and said. I am sorry you wasted my time and insulted me, I then walked out. The day before I was on a tour of the facility and guess who was the majority of people working in the kitchen ? Yep! Foreigners mostly Mexicans. Shameful!

  • @spjawale
    @spjawale 4 года назад +46

    Flew with Delta few years ago and I still remember the food they served was sort of average/ tasteless And the Delta staff seemed rude and arrogant. Flew on Singapore airlines few months ago and food and service there was excellent beyond expectations.

  • @davidnoticiero6728
    @davidnoticiero6728 4 года назад +4

    I was a service supervisor for a vendor for LSG Skychefs in 2015, I got to sit in on a negotiation between a buyer from Virgin America Airlines and LSG, they discussed which items sold and didn't sell well on VA flights, then the kicker was when the buyer grabbed a fruit and cheese snack package, and proceeded to ask what the cost was for each individual item in the pack that sold for $8 on VA flights. The buyer then began negotiating over the number of grapes packed in each snack pack, he had deduced that by packing 3 less grapes in each fruit and cheese snack pack the net profit for VA would increase by $600K annually.
    It was an interesting afternoon for sure in LSG's facility in SFO

  • @MeowMeow202
    @MeowMeow202 4 года назад +12

    Air New Zealand plane food is actually very good! My favourite is the NZ made Kapiti ice cream - the best in the world. I’ve flown with Qantas, Emirates, Thai Airways, Korean Air, Cathay Pacific, Philippine Airlines - their plane food was good and the staff were nice... wait... none of them American lol

  • @Traitors1991
    @Traitors1991 4 года назад +3

    This is seriously my favorite RUclips series. I could watch this all day

  • @Jaeboy
    @Jaeboy 4 года назад +106

    In corona age, you mean how airlines make meals for hundreds?

  • @devanshsanghavi9999
    @devanshsanghavi9999 4 года назад +59

    13:01 if this concept came to India than no one will be hungry 😊

    • @ashwinghadvir9109
      @ashwinghadvir9109 4 года назад +5

      We have land and climate we don't need it

    • @swaystar1235
      @swaystar1235 4 года назад +10

      um no, the problem isnt food production, its affordability, and aeroponics/hydroponics is far more expensive than regular farming

    • @tempthermod2114
      @tempthermod2114 4 года назад +2

      India produces more food than it needs. hunger in India is a logistic issue. not the lack of food

    • @tyrajones9255
      @tyrajones9255 4 года назад

      Sure. Now poor people can only eat lettuce 🥬

    • @prateekpanwar646
      @prateekpanwar646 4 года назад

      @@tempthermod2114 Are you sure? You may be too young. You'll learn about that in higher classes. Not every one has enough food. And it changes every year

  • @tzwacdastag8223
    @tzwacdastag8223 4 года назад +96

    Airlines are freaking out now

  • @MissPickleHeads
    @MissPickleHeads 4 года назад +61

    Air Canada serves cup noodles lol

    • @MadsiPlayzGaming
      @MadsiPlayzGaming 4 года назад +19

      @Dave Daniels Ah, Canada, my favorite Asian country

    • @the0000alex0000
      @the0000alex0000 4 года назад +5

      @Dave Daniels the thing is American cup noodles taste like cardboard while Asian cup noodles actually taste legit.

    • @jsiszero
      @jsiszero 4 года назад +1

      Except that in Air Canada, cup noodles are the main course.

    • @alangaraabishek690
      @alangaraabishek690 4 года назад

      In India we get nothing.

    • @mohitmasand
      @mohitmasand 4 года назад

      @@alangaraabishek690 We're not speaking about low cost carriers.

  • @BWater-yq3jx
    @BWater-yq3jx 4 года назад +61

    Menu variety is usually good.
    You can choose from:
    soylent yellow, soylent red,
    or Soylent Green.
    😋

    • @xaifer2485
      @xaifer2485 4 года назад +1

      I'll take soylent pink

    • @MyLifeInBinary
      @MyLifeInBinary 4 года назад +2

      “Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!”

    • @ykl1277
      @ykl1277 4 года назад +1

      Are those yugioh cards?

    • @solitairedoll
      @solitairedoll 4 года назад +1

      MoTC PEOPLE!!!!!

  • @TubeedooYou
    @TubeedooYou 4 года назад +87

    I like Turkish Airlines inflight meals, that's why I always fly with them.

    • @xaifer2485
      @xaifer2485 4 года назад +15

      That's cool but didnt ask

    • @Fluskar
      @Fluskar 4 года назад +8

      Ghost Killzzz
      I asked

    • @josephsmith1893
      @josephsmith1893 4 года назад +7

      Delta has the best food, much better than Turkish Airlines food. However, Turkish Airlines have the best food in the lounges that are inside the airport.

    • @kylemontano228
      @kylemontano228 4 года назад +1

      Ghost Killzzz I asked

    • @dan_youtube
      @dan_youtube 4 года назад

      They really do

  • @mahlatseseabela7648
    @mahlatseseabela7648 4 года назад +8

    Very Informative video
    As a Person studying Logistics and Supply chain Management, You realize how important the 5 Rights of logistics are and how Purchasing and Supply Chain is Vital to Organizations Success.
    Thanks CNBC

  • @THEMilkSHAIKH
    @THEMilkSHAIKH 4 года назад +8

    Airplane food on U.S domestic flights is totally different from Airplane food on international flights with international carriers.

  • @solitairedoll
    @solitairedoll 4 года назад +5

    I remember when Air Canada served trays of food to economy class on flights 4+ hours. Now? TUH!

  • @cozydodododo7755
    @cozydodododo7755 4 года назад +33

    Airlines can cut costs by not paying their CEO, CFO, COO, and their executives seven-figure incomes.

    • @giggidyguy7149
      @giggidyguy7149 3 года назад +2

      But who's going to reinvest the profits and grow the company?

    • @vinylman4446
      @vinylman4446 3 года назад +2

      Airlines can cut costs by not paying their employees

    • @cancerino666
      @cancerino666 3 года назад

      @@giggidyguy7149 the company. The ceo salary is for him to buy another yatch

  • @DaDaLFG
    @DaDaLFG 4 года назад +19

    “I’ll have a burger please with a sprinkle of COVID19.”

  • @classicredwine
    @classicredwine 4 года назад +5

    I hope those workers that were protesting for better wages don’t lose their jobs now that the travel industry has been hit so hard in recent months

  • @AmolSurve
    @AmolSurve 4 года назад +7

    CNBC now you need to make a video, How airlines lost money due to corona?

  • @lobster5256
    @lobster5256 2 года назад +1

    pro tip if you are traveling: use saudi arabia airlines they have slightly better meals than US airlines leather reclining seats tv with charging ports preloaded movies and games with a remote control that can be used as a gaming controller and for kids they usually give them toys or books and they give free pillows and blankets with headphones and the planes are slightly faster and all of that is just economy class

  • @henriktiger9073
    @henriktiger9073 4 года назад +139

    I’ve never seen anyone get an actual meal on a flight in the U.S.

    • @bluehotdog2610
      @bluehotdog2610 4 года назад +21

      Same. The closest you get to a meal is a small bag of snacks

    • @mattsch21
      @mattsch21 4 года назад +43

      Then you're taking short flights. A lot of coast to coast flight have meals. Boston to New York? Nah. Miami to Seattle. Yup.

    • @kylemontano228
      @kylemontano228 4 года назад +6

      Matt S i flew American from Los Angeles to Charlotte, then Charlotte to Norfolk for my dc trip. We didn’t get food on the first flight, but that’s probably because this was 2016 and a redeye

    • @ShadowTheNinjaKitty
      @ShadowTheNinjaKitty 4 года назад +8

      Matt S I’ve flown from Chicago to San Francisco, Orlando, Cancun, and and Austin and have never gotten any meal. Is Chicago just not far away enough from anywhere in order to get meals?

    • @ascotberks2018
      @ascotberks2018 4 года назад +5

      Then you are not flying.

  • @Betty9971
    @Betty9971 4 года назад +2

    Watching this during the corona lockdown!

  • @clairehaker2161
    @clairehaker2161 4 года назад +8

    American info series always talk like they invented it but KLM was the first airline in the world

    • @trooperdgb9722
      @trooperdgb9722 3 года назад +1

      Show us where that claim was made in this video, I didn't see it. .... And of course KLM always likes to gloss over the fact that they stopped operating for some years...which means QANTAS is the oldest continually operating airline in the world. See how easy it is to criticise?

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite 4 года назад +10

    *@**6:39**: "9/11" isn't an excuse for everything.*
    I remember flying a lot during the following *Summer of 2002* , and was served *pretty decent and filling chicken parmigiana sandwiches* for *free!*

  • @rahulkls5687
    @rahulkls5687 4 года назад +22

    Is the flight leftover food fed to the needy or is it thrown away?

    • @Theo-bk6qj
      @Theo-bk6qj 4 года назад +4

      Most likely to be thrown away.

    • @JollyOldCanuck
      @JollyOldCanuck 3 года назад +1

      @@Theo-bk6qj One of my relatives worked at a facility that made food for Air Canada, they gave him a couple hundred slices of cheese to bring home.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 3 года назад +2

      @@JollyOldCanuck yeah, ppl think that restuarants and grocers throw away excess food into the garbage for some sociopathic reason?
      They try to donate food as much as possible. Our temple here in BC receives hella food to operate foodbanks.

    • @jumpingjeffflash9946
      @jumpingjeffflash9946 3 года назад +1

      I've always asked for leftovers when I've flown transatlantic, never been denied. They're happy to get rid of it as it gets tossed, such a waste.

  • @crisn565
    @crisn565 2 года назад +1

    Lmao I still get the old TV dinners idk what they’ve been smoking

  • @chiquita683
    @chiquita683 4 года назад +10

    I've never seen this food in an airplane, it's barely in airports

  • @PASOKGLOBAL
    @PASOKGLOBAL 4 года назад +3

    15 dollars an hour means 43,000 dollars a year just about if thy work for 8 hours a day. HOW IS THAT LITTLE! The average wage in Italy and Greece is 31,000, Germany is 44,000.....

    • @augustuscaesar9995
      @augustuscaesar9995 4 года назад

      Um, $15 an hour at 40 hours in a typical 5-day week would actually be a little more than 31K a year. It would only be 43K if you worked 8 hour days for all seven days of the week.

    • @PASOKGLOBAL
      @PASOKGLOBAL 4 года назад +1

      Augustus Caesar you’re right, I forgot that holidays exist as well

    • @NewBalance-pu8ft
      @NewBalance-pu8ft 4 года назад

      Still a lot. Even many Germans are paid less, average means many are earning less.

  • @redwanaferdous2024
    @redwanaferdous2024 4 года назад +4

    I got a lot of interesting news from this channel. I basically listen to these news for improving my English listening skill.

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад

      This channel is my go-to for dinner entertainment. I love these 20-minute mini-documentaries.

  • @georgetang6157
    @georgetang6157 3 года назад

    For US Based Airlines:
    Breakfast: Pretzel
    Lunch: Pretzel
    Dinner: Pretzel
    Snack: Pretzel
    For Asian Airlines:
    Breakfast: Fried eggs or Fried noodles
    Lunch: Steamed hot rice with beef or fried chicken noodles
    Dinner: Fried rice with fish or beef noodles
    Snack: A whole bag of cookies

  • @the.annethology
    @the.annethology 3 года назад +9

    So heartbreaking to realize a lot of these kitchen workers lost their jobs because of the health crisis. Maybe they can try doing flights non stop in Florida? It looks like it's pandemic-proof. 🙃

  • @thihakyawthar
    @thihakyawthar 4 года назад +1

    Did you just say that Singapore Airlines changes its menu on regional flights? Singapore Airlines only operates international flights, there is no regional flight since Singapore is an island.

  • @monkey220ms
    @monkey220ms 4 года назад +35

    0:03 WRONG. I flew 4 international flights this fall and all of the airplane food looked like the first examples. This whole video a lie😂😂

    • @Mr_Battlefield
      @Mr_Battlefield 4 года назад +6

      Which Airlines did you fly with? I flew twice in 2017 and all my meals where delicious. Turkish Airlines was the best for my taste.

    • @monkey220ms
      @monkey220ms 4 года назад +2

      @@Mr_Battlefield they were European/American airlines which probably explains the lower quality

    • @deb1717
      @deb1717 4 года назад +3

      Ahmad Haruman Turkish Airlines has exquisite food, real impressive.

    • @vinylman4446
      @vinylman4446 3 года назад +1

      More than just flight time and airlines. The departure and arrivial location matters. A airline flying from its hub airport will have better food and service compared to the same airline flying from a airport where it has less presence.

  • @nicolas2970
    @nicolas2970 3 года назад

    When I started as a Flight Attendant in 1999 . I flew for a regional airline that flew express CRJ/ERJ for both USAirways and America West . Every USAir flight had a meal/beverage service this included items like bagels and yogurt or Otis Spunkmeyer muffins for breakfast and sandwich or salad for lunch/dinner with Otis Spunkmeyer cookies followed by a coffee/tea service. However the America West Express flights only had peanut/snack mix or granola bar with a drink service. Then EVERYTHING changed after Sept 11 2001 we only served water on America West for about 2 years after.

  • @Jl777100
    @Jl777100 4 года назад +3

    Emirates: that airlines that imports everything, including it's labor force. Most of them seem to be British, especially the executives.

    • @lolatiffhur
      @lolatiffhur 4 года назад +1

      At least they are feeding the customers , not starving them

  • @Lsxzr1
    @Lsxzr1 4 года назад +2

    Delta airlines gave me food poisoning last year on a preordered vegan meal and have yet to still give me refund or pay the medical bill's for when I arrived in dallas and had to be wheeled from the plain to an ambulance and then a hospital. Delta says they owe me but their insurance company will not even respond anymore!

  • @LiveFreeWarrior
    @LiveFreeWarrior 4 года назад +6

    “Travelers have become more picky” (0:59) - not a great choice of words to use, but perhaps more selective that we deserve healthier options? Best bet: bring your own food ALWAYS

    • @0sireion
      @0sireion 3 года назад +1

      I think you have made a good point for the journalist about the language in this narrative. The reality is--not "more picky" travellers--but average people saying: "I eat this kind of food at home; I eat this kind of food at work or out on the town. Why can't I just do that when I'm trapped on an airplane for 6 or more hours? Can't I just have the quality of food I would give myself or my family?" Somehow, to execs counting olives, such a request is outrageous and only reserved for first class passengers. In reality, why isn't serving and eating reasonable food just a standard like other airlines and train services outside of the USA?

    • @LiveFreeWarrior
      @LiveFreeWarrior 3 года назад

      @@0sireion Good expansion on the topic at hand

  • @bigpharts
    @bigpharts 3 года назад +2

    Someone at CNBC: So how ABOUT that airline food?

  • @Mxnh
    @Mxnh 4 года назад +8

    I love airplane food, it just seems... different.

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад

      They're like... toys, replica made to mimick real food but not 100% food lol

  • @edselvincentpaull.flores9237
    @edselvincentpaull.flores9237 4 года назад +2

    Cnbc always make good case studies, we need value engineering

  • @mikezerker6925
    @mikezerker6925 4 года назад +10

    0:07 - it still looks like this! Or you get nothing but a tiny bag of pretzels that wouldn’t satisfy a baby!

  • @quinn_nz
    @quinn_nz 4 года назад +2

    I flew from Christchurch NZ to Auckland NZ (1h 30min flight) and got coffee, cookie, potato chips and candy for free with Air New Zealand

  • @BRBallin1
    @BRBallin1 4 года назад +4

    Airplane food used to be good for economy class in early 2000s. Now they’re a bit stingier

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад

      I think the introduction of low-cost airlines mid/late 2000s lowered the bar for everyone.

  • @pikachu8508
    @pikachu8508 3 года назад

    Airlines: We scrapped free meals due to financial problems caused by 9/11 and SARS in 2001.
    Airlines: Our profit went up in 2019, let's bring back free meals
    Covid-19: No you don't

  • @luisgonzalez1637
    @luisgonzalez1637 4 года назад +6

    15 minute video on airline food. Best believe I’m going to click

  • @verycursedplane6557
    @verycursedplane6557 Год назад

    Frequently fly with Singapore airlines economy food are amazing. Very tasty and loaded with flavour

  • @coryanntopanga
    @coryanntopanga 4 года назад +30

    I never realized how much I wanted to know this. CNBC is a bop. I'm never disappointed with anything you post. #NotificationGangLike👉👀😍🤗

    • @radiolycanthropy5601
      @radiolycanthropy5601 4 года назад +2

      What's a "bop" if you don't mind me asking.

    • @coryanntopanga
      @coryanntopanga 4 года назад

      @@radiolycanthropy5601 No problem. It's slang normally used to describe a good song that makes you bop your head. I just applied it to their videos even tho it isn't music, because I click fast when they posts like I would if my fav artist released a new song. 🤗

    • @lilPerc30
      @lilPerc30 4 года назад +1

      @@coryanntopanga if I didnt know any better I would think that's a bop means that songs trash

    • @coryanntopanga
      @coryanntopanga 4 года назад

      @@lilPerc30 Um nope. The song makes you "bop" your head. I've never bopped my head to a song I thought was trash. You frown, you turn your nose up, you turn it off... but you don't bop your head unless you're weird af.
      ???

  • @actonechick
    @actonechick 3 года назад

    I'm glad the labor exploitation of the airlines industry was mentioned here.

  • @philipsparks7550
    @philipsparks7550 4 года назад +5

    Wait, when was the last time you got more than a Biscoff and a soda on a domestic flight?

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 4 года назад

      Any Delta transcontinental flight (e.g. New York to Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle).

    • @StromcekDavid
      @StromcekDavid 4 года назад

      Any flight that is longer than 30 minutes in Europe.

    • @basedpatriotLT
      @basedpatriotLT 4 года назад +2

      @@StromcekDavid wrong

    • @NewBalance-pu8ft
      @NewBalance-pu8ft 4 года назад

      @@StromcekDavid Ryanair is zero and has nothing. Not even a glass of water!

    • @StromcekDavid
      @StromcekDavid 4 года назад

      @@NewBalance-pu8ft not including low-cost airlines

  • @sanchayansarkar2953
    @sanchayansarkar2953 2 года назад +1

    I haven't seen any economy class in domestic US having food.

  • @ashley-jy4xo
    @ashley-jy4xo 4 года назад +19

    I feel bad for the people who make this food, now having to cut down on the food they make cause no one is flying rn :/

    • @BLKBRDD
      @BLKBRDD 4 года назад

      no ones doing anything rn

    • @BLKBRDD
      @BLKBRDD 4 года назад

      Unless you're a doctor

  • @mohaubangani1778
    @mohaubangani1778 3 года назад

    Nothing beats middle eastern airlines. Even their economy is classy.

  • @arpialberto
    @arpialberto 4 года назад +4

    When you do your statistics but then the Coronavirus hit the world....

  • @brooke2129
    @brooke2129 2 года назад

    flight attendant here ! i’d just like to say the pilots and us drink the plane coffee 😂

  • @TiborRoussou
    @TiborRoussou 4 года назад +4

    Timing on this video couldn't be much worse; try and get a flight anywhere right now.

  • @mrs.w8193
    @mrs.w8193 4 года назад +2

    I’ve only gotten food either in first class or on international flights (economy).

  • @timmy5949
    @timmy5949 3 года назад +3

    6:14
    Could be a photo from today with everyone wearing a mask except a Karen

  • @Ayaforshort
    @Ayaforshort 3 года назад +2

    Every flight I remember taking, I paid for the meal. I usually fly southwest though because you get 2 free bags. And if I fly abroad, I've only taken budget airlines. I flew round trip to London for $400 3 years ago. It was a steal. Incredibly uncomfortable... but worth it.

    • @lisalu910
      @lisalu910 2 года назад

      To you a $400 seat is "incredibly uncomfortable, but worth it." For me, a $2000 seat is incredibly COMFORTABLE but worth it. I guess it depends on how you look at it!

  • @crystalidx
    @crystalidx 4 года назад +18

    Free meal? Isn’t it included in travel fee?

    • @monisolaelliott9346
      @monisolaelliott9346 4 года назад +7

      Nothing is ever really free is it?

    • @crystalidx
      @crystalidx 4 года назад +2

      @@monisolaelliott9346 true

    • @Bittzen
      @Bittzen 4 года назад +1

      Not free for the company, but they incur the cost to increase demand for their airliner. Most dont add the cost of food onto the fee, besides the luxury food u get with non economy flights. Those are priced into the fee

  • @larrydiaz4418
    @larrydiaz4418 Год назад

    I am a retired airline employee and pretty much have travelled the world for both business and pleasure. The best service and tastiest meals were always on SIngapore Airlines. No matter what the class the food was always very good and plenty. They not only had a great meal service but snacks were provided on request. US carriers have become very greedy and charge you for everything but the bathroom. The quality of service has also dropped in all three cabins. Hopefully someday the style and class will return to US Airlines.

  • @isaac7769
    @isaac7769 4 года назад +5

    The thumbnail though..... YUMMY 😋😛

  • @74sampson
    @74sampson 3 года назад +1

    Wages low, conditions bad.
    Slaves for those that fly.

  • @TheAdnanmajor
    @TheAdnanmajor 4 года назад +3

    Imagine being a Registered Nurse & a Flight Attendant. 😮

    • @est9949
      @est9949 Год назад

      Well they have to be, even nowadays those flight attendants are still very rigorously trained to handle all types of emergency situations, from medical, to security, mid-air brawl, to plane apocalypse and all.

  • @LoyaFrostwind
    @LoyaFrostwind 4 года назад +2

    So the cost-cutting measures (and lack of free in-flight meals) led to the rise of fancy airport restaurants and concession stands?

  • @cagedtigersteve
    @cagedtigersteve 4 года назад +3

    Here's what I expect....bring your own food or buy your own food at the airport. I don't want to be fed by the airline.

    • @mikezerker6925
      @mikezerker6925 4 года назад +2

      Caged completely agree! But that only works for short flights, International flights can take more than 8 hours so it may not work for those.

    • @Ilikepie18855
      @Ilikepie18855 4 года назад

      I would rather pay for food, and they increase legroom

    • @lolatiffhur
      @lolatiffhur 4 года назад

      That’s not a very clean option though. Same issue with hospitals.

  • @jyotsna8711
    @jyotsna8711 4 года назад +1

    I'm watching this even if I fly with spirit all the time. :D

  • @jisun1785
    @jisun1785 4 года назад +8

    Does anyone else really love airline food?

    • @静-b6q
      @静-b6q 4 года назад

      No

    • @BWater-yq3jx
      @BWater-yq3jx 4 года назад +7

      I actually don't mind it.
      But then my own cooking's pretty ordinary... so it's kind of a low bar, lol.

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 4 года назад +1

      I'd probably mind if I'm flying on business or first class! Hahaha!
      Truthfully, I only fly with low-cost carrier. Obviously, I have no choice with the food that they have in-flight. And since my flights are only 45 mins to 1 hr, 45 mins (the longest), I normally don't eat in-flight.

    • @ej_tech
      @ej_tech 4 года назад +4

      Not love. Some airlines do serve alright to good food even in economy.

    • @raywei8472
      @raywei8472 4 года назад +1

      Economy food on long haul flights are pretty decent

  • @gw78787
    @gw78787 4 года назад +1

    Can’t wait for the redo on this article in say 5-10 years

  • @ifonlyunu994
    @ifonlyunu994 4 года назад +4

    This was a good video very informative. Thank you CNBC.

  • @ukeyaoitrash2618
    @ukeyaoitrash2618 3 года назад +3

    3:18 "vast majority were male" literally one male to be seen in the entire cabin

    • @0sireion
      @0sireion 3 года назад

      There was even one Black woman. I wonder how that flight went for her.

  • @Kylehoulihan
    @Kylehoulihan 4 года назад +4

    I wish I had a job and one that paid $15/hr

    • @Bittzen
      @Bittzen 4 года назад +1

      Then get a job and stop wasting time here

    • @NewBalance-pu8ft
      @NewBalance-pu8ft 4 года назад

      True, even in Germany most people don't earn $15,- per hour. Rather $ 8.50/hour.

  • @swng314
    @swng314 4 года назад +1

    Your tastebuds are dulled at high altitudes?
    Isn't the plane pressurized? How does your body even feel a difference?

  • @musman9853
    @musman9853 4 года назад +3

    Ayy MCO!

  • @tarunhiremathdr
    @tarunhiremathdr 4 года назад +2

    Yes!! Found a video to have dinner 😀🍛🍛

  • @inflixo36
    @inflixo36 4 года назад +3

    Is this a repost I swear I’ve seen this video

  • @kariminalo979
    @kariminalo979 4 года назад

    In 2011, I boarded on an 8-hour long AA flight across the Atlantic on a narrow 757 enroute to Madrid from NY. No meals were served on that entire flight, they didn't even have water. All they had was wine, and you had to pay for it. One of the worst flight experiences I've ever had not to mention that we the flight was delayed by 3 hours at JFK due to traffic, too bad the plane had already taxiid on, so we were literally stuck 11 hours in a filled cabin with hardly anything to drink or eat.
    Edit: Back then very few cabins were fitted with IFE systems, our cabin happened to not be fitted with any such IFE system, can imagine the boredom that prevailed throughout the journey.

  • @Jobi.
    @Jobi. 3 года назад +3

    Well that didn’t happend

  • @Blingchachink
    @Blingchachink 2 года назад

    Bring back the early 90s economy packaging

  • @lVladness
    @lVladness 4 года назад +5

    Airlines don’t deserve a bailout

    • @nicolas2970
      @nicolas2970 3 года назад

      Really cause The Airlines or the Employees are the ones who continued to work and deliver ALL those vaccines ,PPE , Doctors/Nurses and every essential item including the toilet paper that Americans hoarded. Not to mention hundreds of Crews died because of Covid19? So I kinda of disagree with you.

  • @andyt4756
    @andyt4756 2 года назад +1

    Its like prison food but better 🤣🤣