This is a negative airline story that doesn't involve Southwest Airlines, which is a nice change of pace this week...
Adrian flew on the Eurowings flight from Hamburger to Paris. Eurowings is a subsidiary of Lufthansa. The name of the cabin he was in was BIZclass.
A complimentary meal is one of the perks of flying in BIZclass. On this flight, there was a meat platter in a box. He only looked at the box after he had eaten most of the meal.
The best before date for the food was December 11 but it was 18 days past that.
It was good to be gracious. It is one thing to eat a bag of pretzels a few days past the expiration date, but I wouldn't want to eat meat that's been there for a long time.
Eurowings talks about reducing food waste, but serving food 18 days past its best by date probably isn't the best way to do that.
It's shocking to serve a meal this long past its intended date. Sometimes packaged snacks end up on multiple flights and sometimes the date isn't checked. When we talk about a platter of meat, you would think that they would be aware of the date that it expired.
What happened to this? Is it possible that this was not consumed and just ended up in the facility? Is it possible that this was lost in the facility and only found a few weeks later, and then taken to a flight without anyone knowing the date?
Maybe it is time for me to look at the expired date of what I am consuming on a plane.
At the same time, I always emphasize that airline operations are incredibly complex. There are a lot of moving parts in airlines. The airline industry is one of the most complex in the world. It is not surprising that sometimes things don't work out.
An omaat reader was on Eurowings and was served an expired meal. The meal was still being served on a flight on December 29 even though it was supposed to be eaten by December 11. That is not good.
How do you feel about the expired meal?
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