I want more than peanuts

Okay, listen up United States airlines, I want more than peanuts or pretzels on my next flight, especially if it is more than one hour thirty minutes.

Are our airlines the only ones that don’t feed us?  European and African airlines feed you, why can’t we.  Even on short flights, such as from Amsterdam to Frankfurt, we got breakfast, I think it was breakfast [a cheese sandwich, fruit, beverages], on our one hour thirty minute or two hour Lufthansa flight.

Perhaps, the most impressive airline [at least in terms of feeding you] is South African Airlines.  This airline feeds you at least on their intra-African flights.  Even on our approximate two hour flight from Livingstone, Zambia to Johannesburg, South Africa, we received a nice box lunch.  Admittedly, we were a little afraid to eat it after being advised by our travel physician to avoid fresh uncooked produce, but, hey, this is an international airline so we thought that we would be okay. 

Even more impressive, on longer South African flights that serve dinner, the airlines give you real eating utensils, not the plastic flatware that always break on the overcooked tough-as-leather meat that they serve.  As an aside, isn’t real flatware a “security” issue.  As far as airline food goes, their food is not bad.

To US carriers, at least, offer me a cheese sandwich on your one hour thirty minute flights.