when we went out to minnesota for the 4th of july, we flew useless air. it was a three hour flight and they didn't give us any food. nothing. nada. at least i didn't see any. they used to give us bags of pretzels, but for years the pretzel packages have been shrinking. each time i fly, the pretzel bag got a little lighter. so perhaps they did give us pretzels, it's just the pretzels have finally gotten so small they're no longer visible to the naked eye. maybe they sprayed us with a fine pretzel mist.
the lack of apparent pretzels was in addition to the signs we saw about the new fee-for-checked-luggage policy. and the pretzels themselves were a change from the older tradition of getting an entire meal. then they were selling meals. now you can't even buy one. at least you couldn't on our flight. maybe they sprayed us with a snack box mist as well.
so what's my point? flying with american carriers sucks, and useless air seems to be the suckiest of the sucks. oh, and with rising fuel costs, the suck is getting worse.
