Petition to Restore Meal Service

UPDATE- Your voice has been heard, and United has repealed the decision to sell meals on transatlantic flights. They have not yet changed their other wrong-headed policies, including domestic business class flights being served only Buy on Board items without being charged . Our petition will remain to discourage future bad ideas, which will doubtless occur as soon as the Tilton management group believes this one has been forgotten.

United Pilots to Tilton: Stop Nickel and Diming Our Passengers Petition 

Pilots for United Airlines strongly oppose the airline's plans to drastically change its onboard meal service by raising prices for food and drink on most flights and by discontinuing complimentary meal service on many flights to and from Europe, affecting both economy and business class passengers.

The airline claims that rising fuel costs require these changes, although the real reason may be to enable the airline to further reduce flight attendant staffing, which would make onboard service noticeably worse. By any measure, the pilots believe, the proposed changes are a disastrous business strategy that would only drive away customers and encourage them to choose other airlines.

"Rather than taking the fundamental steps necessary to put our airline back on course, such as rationalizing the flight schedule or eliminating excessive perks and bonuses for executives, United's leadership is penalizing the one constituency that is critical to our airline's success: its loyal passengers," said Captain Steve Wallach, Chairman of the United Chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association. "Instead of nickel-and-diming our passengers, United Airlines management should be demonstrating that despite today's challenges, our passengers still come first."

Captain Wallach said the proposed changes are just the latest of bad decisions made by United CEO Glenn Tilton. 

"Glenn Tilton and his executives can be counted upon to select the path that inflicts the most misery on our passengers," he said. "We condemn this latest price scheme and we call for its immediate rollback."

Please help us stand up for passengers by signing the petition below:


"United Airlines Pilots and Passengers stand together to condemn the wrong headed elimination of meal services from long distance flights, in-flight staff reductions, price increases for Buy On Board Meals, and reduction in domestic business class meal services. We join with United Passengers in demanding restoration of these services immediately."


Please sign this petition by commenting below. Feel free to include your frequent flier status or other relevant infornation. And don't forget to sign up for regular email updates by clicking here. Thank you for your support!
Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 23:57 by Registered CommenterAdministrator | Comments190 Comments | References1 Reference | EmailEmail | PrintPrint