True, true, necessary travel is necessary and unnecessary travel is worthwhile and a broadening experience and definitely to be recommended. Pricing it out of mass market reach would be a bad thing.
I guess to get food that isn't just crap you need to pick your airline. Singapore aren't too awful, and Delta's chicken salad the other week on my ATL->LHR flight was perfectly OK, but that seems the exception rather than the rule.
I listened to a Radio 4 documentary on airline food the other week which was quite interesting. It revealed, amongst other things, that on many airlines there is a budget of roughly £1 ($1.50) per passenger per meal, which goes some way to explaining the hopelessly poor quality. And no, having travelled business class on a number of occasions, that old line "your taste buds are affected by the pressure" has never worked on me...
To get food that isn't crap, you need to eat a good meal at the airport, for longer flights bring a sandwich. For all their faults, I love London airports for the ubiquity of Pret shops.
If it's a morning flight I like to start the day with a plate of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, and a large glass of Sauvignon Blanc. For this they charge an arm and a leg but it makes the whole thing just that bit nicer...
I guess to get food that isn't just crap you need to pick your airline. Singapore aren't too awful, and Delta's chicken salad the other week on my ATL->LHR flight was perfectly OK, but that seems the exception rather than the rule.
I listened to a Radio 4 documentary on airline food the other week which was quite interesting. It revealed, amongst other things, that on many airlines there is a budget of roughly £1 ($1.50) per passenger per meal, which goes some way to explaining the hopelessly poor quality. And no, having travelled business class on a number of occasions, that old line "your taste buds are affected by the pressure" has never worked on me...