Delta Served An “Onion Sandwich” On A 15-Hour Flight — Remember When It Tried To Be Premium?

News and notes from around the interweb: Delta “meal.” Remember before the pandemic when Delta was actually trying to be premium, rolling out coursed meals, welcome drinks, and hot towels in economy on long haul flights? Onion sandwich (gf) LAX to SYD by u/segman in delta Meanwhile, American Airlines is not wrong that this is vegan: just need to talk about how this was the vegan meal @AmericanAir served me if you want the recipe: 🤤🤤2 slices of stale bread1 tomato slice, cut in half (to save calories!!)4 cucumber slices pic.twitter.com/gJLhT5Tc7J — Emily K. Bailey (@emilybaileyk) August 8, 2026 Amanyara in Turks and Caicos may kick out Aman Resorts as manager and deflag Same benefits Hilton Honors gives Diamond members, to be honest. It’s amazing what makes them happy. I was checking into a hotel a few months ago and the guy in front of me says: I’m a member. I’d like my free upgrade. Lady says you “got it sir, we will get you a room on the 4th floor.” He’s super satisfied. Then he says he also gets a free warm cookie. So she hands him a warm cookie. He’s super satisfied. Then he says he also gets a free water. She gives him the water. Never seen anyone happier in my life. I was checking into a hotel a few months ago and the guy in front of me says: I’m a member. I’d like my free upgrade. Lady says you “got it sir, we will get you a room on the 4th floor.” He’s super satisfied. Then he says he also gets a free warm cookie. So she hands him a… — StripMallGuy (@realEstateTrent) January 4, 2026 If you want a United Airlines engineering job in Chicago, you need to be work-authorized in India LOL Hi @united I was applying for an engineering role in Chicago and midway through the job app changed and asked me questions related to India. pic.twitter.com/HRiz7kz8D2 — Lex (@TheLexTimes) August 9, 2026 The history that JonNYC refers to here appears to be this and, yeah, before anyone mentions it, his past in the Navy– I think that that's almost a prerequisite/ for a powerful position nowadays (no one gives a crap.) But I -do- seem to hear about strained relations, interesting opinions between him and pilots, to my… — JonNYC (@xJonNYC) August 10, 2026 I’ve written for years that JetBlue is pretty good once you’re in the air, but actually getting in the air is the challenge. Things have been much worse lately. JetBlue's daily drama, the software that allows crews to pick up/swap trips etc etc., went mostly down from late morning to mid-evening Yes the weather, ATC delays/issues have just crushed all the airlines, but B6 are having staffing issues for pilots and FAs since going on for… — JonNYC (@xJonNYC) August 10, 2026 Funny. First Officers can get bored, sometimes they like to play Captain Bingo. (Stolen meme, I can’t take credit) pic.twitter.com/TTtdeMzDaJ — KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler (@MCCCANM) August 10, 2026 Topics on this page