<p>A Jew who keeps Kosher cannot simply "remove" the pork. The entire meal is not clean and cannot be eaten.</p>
<p>I do have sympathy for those with strict dietary standards when they travel, but I'm pretty sure that most airlines will make a good faith attempt at meeting most people's needs if they ask ahead of time. The market is not so small nowadays that they can simply ignore vegetarians and people with religious dietary standards.</p>
<p>However, on the flip side, those with rarer standards should understand that it's hard for any airline to meet everyone's standards. Planes are still pretty limited in what they can carry...</p>
<p>Most domestic Indian carriers seem to have pretty good food unlike the garbage that United and American Airlines serve. JetBlue has some nice snacks on the flight from San Francisco-New York but it's hardly substantial considering it's a 5-6 hour flight. Internationally, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific seem to have really good food. Steer clear of Air India.</p>
<p>I guess I'm not old enough to be able to accurately perceive an evolution in airplane food policies...but it seems like airplane food (or at least food service) has gotten worse over the past few years. I seem to remember airlines not being so stingy with their crappy food.</p>
<p>I recently flew from San Francisco to Kansas City and back...both times were 4 hour flights from midmorning to midafternoon, and lunch was served, but you had to pay for it. And movies on little DVD player thingies were offered, but you had to pay for those, too. I just said, screw it, and slept through the whole thing.</p>
<p>At least they gave us cookies and pretzels and soda.</p>
why do youir ears hurt when landing but not when taking off?</p>
<p>Too much wax,
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<p>LOL, what the hell?</p>
<p>No, it's because of the imbalance of air pressure on the eustachian tube in your middle ear. Differences in air pressure brought to the eustachian tube through the mouth and nose (that is, if it is plugged up - it can be equalized through the mouth and nose when open) and the other side of the eardrum from the outside accounts for the pain as you go down - air pressure presses inward on the drum, while a closed eustachian tube is unable to give way, resulting in a painful squeeze. While ascending also causes imbalance, it is not a bad because in going up, the air goes outward and exerts no force on the drum.</p>
<p>I totally agree, Air India sucks ballz; we went once from London to Delhi and the stewardesses were completley *****y. and the indian food they served sucked too . I like British Airways a lot though, their food's pretty good (at least in business) and their service is pretty top notch. plus, if ur lucky, like my dad was, u might end up sitting next to a famous (indian -_-) politican during a trip</p>
<p>haha i think i can beat that...i missed my flight on august 13th from London-Heathrow to Chicago b/c i got detained so they could do background checks ~_~</p>