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05-11-2022, 06:23 PM

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hoover

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Originally Posted by e6bpilot

That changed. Trump admin went back to the old rules, essentially. No cigars. No rum. The ladies at the top of the jetway will still try to sell them to you.

wow thanks for the heads up. I would have got some if I ever ended up there again

05-29-2022, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by hoover

wow thanks for the heads up. I would have got some if I ever ended up there again

just cruising on the thread, not SWA, but I'm curious; has anyone ever flown international prior to SWA, and are things so bad you can't afford a meal???

05-29-2022, 11:49 AM

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Mozam

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just cruising on the thread, not SWA, but I'm curious; has anyone ever flown international prior to SWA, and are things so bad you can't afford a meal???

Most have flown international before SWA, and yes it is that bad as far as getting food. where where told by the company to just grab a muffin at the hotel before we fly for the day and that should do us for the day . As far as can not afford, I am just glad TA1 was not voted in .

05-29-2022, 12:11 PM

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just cruising on the thread, not SWA, but I'm curious; has anyone ever flown international prior to SWA, and are things so bad you can't afford a meal???

Other than a couple destinations, we don’t do intl overnights. A CUN turn out of Denver is a 8.5 hr block day. You show at 7:45ish AM and get back 12 hrs later. They don’t let you out of the jetbridge to get food so why you bring is what you eat.

We shouldn’t have to bring a sack lunch to work if we get hungry on a 12 hr duty day. So we negotiated crew meals for int’l flights…nothing spectacular but it’s better than starving.

05-30-2022, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by e6bpilot

That changed. Trump admin went back to the old rules, essentially. No cigars. No rum. The ladies at the top of the jetway will still try to sell them to you.

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Damn orange man. BAD!!!

Well I'm still waiting for my fine North Korean.... uh what do they have??? OK fine Russian.... oops.... well so much for that autocrat.... hey what can we get from Eritrea????

05-31-2022, 02:02 AM

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Well I'm still waiting for my fine North Korean.... uh what do they have??? OK fine Russian.... oops.... well so much for that autocrat.... hey what can we get from Eritrea????

you should be good with CBP, because it ain’t food

05-31-2022, 04:48 PM

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you should be good with CBP, because it ain’t food

No kidding. HOU customs is fixated on crews bringing in chicken Caesar wraps out of their crew meals. They will ask you 3 times if you have anything. I finally started getting confrontational with them.

Denver won't ask you a thing.

06-03-2022, 08:10 AM

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dude. It’s fresh food through customs. Are you new at this?

06-03-2022, 04:43 PM

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Question About Bidding International Routes

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dude. It’s fresh food through customs. Are you new at this?

Yeah. Just started last week.

My point is that there is a stark difference between Hobby customs and every other station we go to. Hobby loves to harass crews. They removed the crew line. They ask you literally the same question three times and the roving supervisor will threaten to go through your bag. It's a ridiculous mind game. Meanwhile, the pax are filing by without another glance.

Denver hands you a slip and you walk out without a single word other than have a great day.