News and notes from around the interweb:
- Is this actually fine for ‘U.S. domestic airlines that aren’t Alaska’? However, United’s catering is quite poor, especially on premium and long haul routes.
Hey @united is this a joke? I just flew 5+ hours in First Class and this bowl of sadness is what you serve me for dinner.
Between the 3D-printed mystery meat, the cafeteria cheese cubes, and the whole tomato I need a chainsaw to cut, this is genuinely unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/UOauCoqLAH
— Peyman Milanfar (@docmilanfar) January 4, 2026
Ok, but these follow-on tweets were funny though.
Hey @united is this a joke? I just flew 5+ hours in First Class and this bowl of sadness is what you serve me for dinner.
Between the 3D-printed mystery meat, the cafeteria cheese cubes, and the whole tomato I need a chainsaw to cut, this is genuinely unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/VvUpzYCa41
— byro (@byrotweets) January 5, 2026
Hey @united is this a joke? I just flew 5+ hours in First Class and this bowl of sadness is what you serve me for dinner.
Between the 3D-printed mystery meat, the cafeteria cheese cubes, and the whole tomato I need a chainsaw to cut, this is genuinely unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/Igr8d3NVgy
— santos-inistas (@JDabknee) January 4, 2026
Ok I thought I was alone, our first class meal over the weekend was horrific! not a meal lol What's going on @united We were told we were getting chicken and got this https://t.co/qKPMg15BPE pic.twitter.com/WddjXkTeUe
— @HungryLAChick (@hayanyujah847) January 6, 2026
- After that American Airlines 737 pilot’s pay, here’s a Southwest mechanic:
Southwest Airline Mechanic payroll . What do you think?
Not an ad pic.twitter.com/vzn66mVm6Q— aircraftmaintenancengineer (@airmainengineer) January 4, 2026
- A woman posted a TikTok saying she got off a flight and overheard the passenger she’d been sitting next to immediately voice-to-text a friend about having the “worst flight ever.” Only then did her boyfriend tell her she’d fallen asleep on the seatmate’s shoulder for basically the whole flight—and he’d let her – and taken a photo.
@marathonprep oh -! #flight #spirit #airline #airport #travel ♬ son original – out of context hannah montana - Context
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— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) January 5, 2026
- Details matter.
Fruit. With a side of fruit.
byu/teamturd inamericanairlines- How Fairmont hotels gutted its brand after the Accor acquisition.
- Delta’s CIO retires and honestly the airline’s IT systems are a problem, though it’s unclear how much Samant was the problem versus really laying this at the feet of Bastian who didn’t understand it.
Here’s one criticism of the new head of IT in their last role. The opposing view is that she took USAA through massive tech overhauls and that they’re better on the other side of it.
- 54 observations about Mexico (HT: Marginal Revolution)
- Details matter.
So… you want United to… toss your salad?
The mechanic’s pay post would have been better it all of the writing was visible. I couldn’t make out all of the lines because the left side was cut off. A mechanic working a lot of overtime would have a total income as listed.
High value technical type jobs can make very good money. Flight attendants can crack six figures so mechanics who are willing to pick up lots of work certainly can too.
Fruit with a side of fruit is so AA.
Mechanic worked average 14 hours/day for 15 straight days.
Other than that uncut tomato, I bet that salad slaps. I’d eat the s_it out of it even it’s not visually appealing.
@Kirk
Ya wouldn’t have the ship numbers that the mechanic serviced during that grueling O.T. would ya ?
( Asking for a friend … lol ) ….
@1990 —
LOL … And, Madame/Monsieur dare I ask, what type of ‘dressing’ do you prefer on your ‘salade’ ?
I see nothing wrong with that salad. It looks like… a first class airline salad. Not the most amazing salad of your life, but a decent, exceedingly edible salad. I’d have scarfed it down happily. Some people are awfully entitled.
Looked better than the meal I got. 3 packs of crackers and half a can of mystery soda in a paper cup.
Granted the flight was only 5 hours so could have eaten before and after the flight.
For their meetings, they should serve United boards members the food they serve in business class.