Do you eat airline food?

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:49 pm

A strange odour which forced a Qantas jet carrying 133 passengers to make an emergency landing in Perth has been traced to a food oven.
A Qantas spokeswoman said the oven was in the rear galley of the Boeing 767, which was 30 minutes into a flight from Perth to Brisbane when the odour was detected.
There was no smoke visible, but the crew followed safety procedures and turned flight QF594 back towards Perth, where it landed safely about 7.30pm.
All passengers were accommodated at hotels while the problem was investigated, Qantas said.
They were then put on two other flights, QF648 which left at midnight and QF 652 which left at 1.30am.
Both flights were on schedule to arrive in Brisbane this morning, the spokeswoman said.
It was the latest in a string of problems for the airline since an explosion tore through the fuselage of a Boeing 747-400, causing the cabin to depressurise en route from London to Melbourne on July 25.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:13 pm

Maybe the crew knew what the food actually was.......

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:05 pm

sebastiaan56 wrote:Maybe the crew knew what the food actually was.......

Impossible! Any steward foolish enough to discover the answer to that question would have very quickly found themselves taking a stroll along the floor of the nearest deep river in a freshly poured pair of concrete boots.

Bad press from oxygen tanks blowing up mid air and any number of things popping loose all over the place due to a short fall in the maintenance budget Qantas can handle. But, should anyone ever be allowed to reveal what that evil stuff actually is that they push around on that menacing trolley, it would surely bring the mighty flying kangaroo crashing to it's knees.

Cheers

Kim

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:18 pm

Haven't flown Quantas for nearly 20 years, but their food has to be head and shoulders above Cathay Pacific's.

Only someone from an emerging economy that was conditioned to eat just about anything that stayed still long enough to be tossed in a wok could stomach the concoction that was passed off as a meal. And just to let you know. I'm usually a fan of air line food.

It's better than a lot of the food I've had in the local restaurants.

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:26 pm

Settle down you blokes - I'm on a Qantas plane on Friday.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:55 pm

Allen wrote: And just to let you know. I'm usually a fan of air line food. It's better than a lot of the food I've had in the local restaurants.

You must have some really bad local restaurants.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:23 pm

Don't tell all the tourists. They don't seem to mind paying the extortionists that run the local eateries and tourist hotspots. Perhaps crappy airline food is part of preparing them for the gastronomic treat they are in for when they arrive.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:42 pm

They've got celebrity chef Neil Perry doing their menus now!

I was taken to his famous "Rock Pool" restaurant in the Rocks in Sydney, a very exclusive place (I think the Clintons ate there on a visit to Sydney). Cost over $500 for the four of us. I wasn't worried 'cause I wasn't paying. $500 to have a snotty nosed, pimply, little shithead of a waiter be rude to you, and serve you up some unrecognizable food...it was supposed to be whiting, maybe they waved one over the plate or something. They wouldn't even leave the bottle of plonk on the table, you'd have to spend ten minutes trying to get their attention so you could get a refill. The blokes at the local Indian place treat you better, charge you far less, and it's better food.

Looking back it wasn't much different to the food I had on a Qantas flight a few weeks ago. Except the cabin crew were polite.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:48 pm

Paul B wrote:...it was supposed to be whiting, maybe they waved one over the plate or something..

Pop into my house next time youre down my way and you can have a feed of SA whiting and it wont cost you a cent.

Hesh1956 · Post by **Hesh1956** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:51 pm

bob wrote:Settle down you blokes - I'm on a Qantas plane on Friday.

Not to worry Bob my friend. With a couple of precautions your flight will be uneventful.

First, when flying I always wear a full body condom - yes with reservoir tip...... to protect me from the germs on board.

A full face respirator is also a good idea since you will be breathing the germs and farts of 300 other individuals - for 20 hours.......

And don't forget to fill you pockets with the paper toilet seat covers. These things come in very handy when getting a lap dance from some New York stripper.

Lastly - I have taken the liberty of calling ahead to your airline and ordering you a Kosher meal........

See you soon!

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:08 pm

Hesh1956 wrote: A full face respirator is also a good idea since you will be breathing the germs and farts of 300 other individuals - for 20 hours.......

I can fight fire with fire Hesh.

To be quite honest I'm quite concerned for the passenger that has to sit next to me for 20 hours. :fff

Kim · Post by **Kim** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:06 am

bob wrote: To be quite honest I'm quite concerned for the passenger that has to sit next to me for 20 hours.

Yes indeed and well you should be concerned, heavy intake of guinness for extended periods is well know to set off a process of perpetual internal decomposition. You Bob Connor, (better know around the traps as fermentus foularse) would of course therefore be a prime candidate and I pity your fellow passengers being held captive with you for so many hours in that odious long white cigar from hell.

Good thing I'm not coming as well or between us we would surely kill them all Bob

Cheers

Kim

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:06 am

bob wrote:To be quite honest I'm quite concerned for the passenger that has to sit next to me for 20 hours.

There will be first aid on the plane mate, not sure about after that.....

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:09 am

Kosher or vegitarian meals are a scam on airlines. The food is way better if you ask for them instead of the usual crap they serve up. Kosher and vegitarian meals are cooked individually instead of being the end result of a production line.

Martin I just may take you up on that, you have King George Whiting down there don't you? Rather catch them than eat them tho.

Oh, and if you log onto the Qantas website 24 hours before you fly you can request a window or aisle seat - get in ahead of the other cattle. Request a kosher meal then too. Special meals get served first also, so you don't have to spend 45 minutes watching everyone getting served ahead of you.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:34 am

Has anyone ever wondered why Qantas coffee has a strange musty taste?

Apparently they often run out of filters for the coffee machines and the hosties wip off their panti-hose and filter the brew through same.

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:18 pm

I have laughed out loud several times reading through this thread. Great stuff! Does vegetarian on Qantas include Vegemite?

Dennis

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:21 pm

kiwigeo wrote:Has anyone ever wondered why Qantas coffee has a strange musty taste?

Apparently they often run out of filters for the coffee machines and the hosties wip off their panti-hose and filter the brew through same.

eeeewwwwwww.............

we need a puke emoticon....

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:49 pm

OK, now I'm just cringing, and too embarrassed to ever travel with the likes of you.

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