The stupidity of transatlantic red-eye meals - Josh Bernoff

(Summary via Kagi)

Transatlantic red-eye flights from North America to Europe typically leave at night and arrive in the morning after 6-8 hours of flying. The author argues that serving dinner on these flights is counterproductive as most passengers want to sleep to adjust to the new time zone. Yet airlines continue the practice of serving dinner around 30 minutes after takeoff, despite the fact that few people actually want to eat dinner that late at night or that early in the morning. The author would prefer to fly with an airline that does not serve dinner on red-eye flights, as the meal and flight attendants disrupt passengers’ ability to sleep. The author wonders why airlines persist in this seemingly illogical practice.