article_snippet.sent: Flight attendants eat the same meals that are provided to passengers if the airline bothers to feed Flight attendants at all .
article_snippet.sent: Is the crew served the same food as passengers?
article_snippet.sent: If meals are provided by the airline, pilots do not eat the same reheated chicken or pasta dishes that are served to passengers in economy.
article_snippet.sent: To reduce the risk of food poisoning, the captain and co-pilot usually eat different meals, said Mr Applegarth.
article_snippet.sent: Like passengers, the crew can bring the crew own food on board, but the meals provided to the crew are the same or variations of the meals provided to passengers in business class.
article_snippet.sent: Caterers will sometimes load meals designated specifically for the crew, said Patrick Smith, a pilot and author of Cockpit Confidential.
article_snippet.sent: Patrick Smith, a pilot and author of Cockpit Confidential said: ‘At the airline we are given a menu prior to departure and will write down we entree preferences – first choice, plus at least one alternate.
article_snippet.sent: Eating in the cockpit can be messy, so on international flights I usually take my meals in the cabin, on my rest break.
article_snippet.sent: With potential illness in mind, pilots are encouraged to eat different entrees, but this is not a hard and fast rule.
article_snippet.sent: – an airline provides food to cabin crew it will be the same food that is served to passengers.
article_snippet.sent: But it’s rare for some airlines to provide meals to flight attendants on flights under 12 hours, she added.
highlights_snippet.sent: To reduce the risk of food poisoning, pilots do not eat the same meals .
  