The Cheap Seats
Defective yeti flies cheap :
They didn’t even have meals on the flights — you had to buy your own $9 ham sandwich at the airport commissary and bring it on board with you. During the preflight instructions I expected the stewardess to say that, in the event of a sudden depressurization of the cabin, an air mask would drop from the overhead compartment, and all you would need to do is swipe a major credit card through the reader in your armrest to purchase 3 minutes of oxygen for only $10.
Sometimes I get indignant at airlines that don't serve you meals -- like, we're paying all this money to sit in a little tin can for several hours and they won't even have the courtesy to feed us?
But then I think of the quality of the meals themselves, and hey, you knew it was a bargain airline when you bought the ticket. If you're aware that there's no in-flight meal service, why not pack a nice meal ahead of time? You can certainly do better for less money than the airline would.
At any rate, for the past few years I've always packed a couple of cans of Coke in my carry-on bag. The question of meals aside, the prospect of being trapped for six hours with only Pepsi products to drink is too horrible to contemplate.
Posted by Jimcat on December 3 2003 05:18
It would be nice if you could bring your own food, but they'd take it to the microwave for you. And of course, provide a fork and knife if you needed one, since you can't bring your own.
Posted by Kate M. on December 3 2003 09:42