Paul Terry wrote:
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I wish BA would simply drop the idea of serving food on flights of less
than three hours - the quality is generally awful these days, and eating
in such cramped conditions is no fun. I'd personally much rather make or
buy my own sandwich.

Not entirely true.

I had a marvellous fry up the last time I flew from London to Edinburgh.
It was quite the most impressive meal I've had on a journey on either
train or plane ever. Perfect bacon, scrambled eggs and some decent sausages.

Of course I didn't mind about the price - someone else paid.

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In message , Alex Ingram
writes

I had a marvellous fry up the last time I flew from London to
Edinburgh. It was quite the most impressive meal I've had on a journey
on either train or plane ever. Perfect bacon, scrambled eggs and some
decent sausages.

Bearing in mind that it would have been a re-heated fry-up, one can only
gasp in amazement.

Of course I didn't mind about the price - someone else paid.

And there's the rub. According to the BBC, the true cost of providing an
in-flight meal in British Airways ECONOMY CLASS is 12 pounds. I flew to
Venice for not much more than that a couple of years ago!

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Paul Terry

Paul Terry wrote in uk.transport.london on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:05:03
+0100 :

In message , Alex Ingram
writes

I had a marvellous fry up the last time I flew from London to
Edinburgh. It was quite the most impressive meal I've had on a journey
on either train or plane ever. Perfect bacon, scrambled eggs and some
decent sausages.

Bearing in mind that it would have been a re-heated fry-up, one can only
gasp in amazement.

Friend of mine tells a story of hearing an announcement that the
in-flight meal that day was deep-fried chicken.

It caused some slight consternation among passengers when the curtain
to the galley opened, and they saw a member of the crew unconcernedly
lowering the portions into a smoking deep-fat fryer.

Mind you, this was on a USSR internal Aeroflot flight.

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