Trip meals

Five day sequence (day trip + four day). Spent $9.21 out of pocket at a place on my last day. Didn't have to but had a four hour sit before my commute home so wanted to relax a bit.

Five PB&J sandwiches
Spicy black bean burger (veggie no meat) and bun, lettuce, onion, ketchup
Two General Tso's home made meals
One three slice home made pizza meal
Five home made breakfast wraps
Five protein bars (ate four, ~$1.15 a piece on sale, expensive but filling)
Quarter bag of mix and match trail mix
Maybe 8oz of home made banana bread
Two packs of jerky (ended up eating one and saving my Turkey stuff, expensive!)
Dark chocolate almonds for dessert (seven each day)

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wheelsup said:
Five day sequence (day trip + four day). Spent $9.21 out of pocket at a place on my last day. Didn't have to but had a four hour sit before my commute home so wanted to relax a bit.

Five PB&J sandwiches
Spicy black bean burger (veggie no meat) and bun, lettuce, onion, ketchup
Two General Tso's home made meals
One three slice home made pizza meal
Five home made breakfast wraps
Five protein bars (ate four, ~$1.15 a piece on sale, expensive but filling)
Quarter bag of mix and match trail mix
Maybe 8oz of home made banana bread
Two packs of jerky (ended up eating one and saving my Turkey stuff, expensive!)
Dark chocolate almonds for dessert (seven each day)

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To me, that is just way too much stuff to be hauling around. Company pays $50 or more a day in per diem. That’s what it’s for, to buy food.
 
I’ll usually pack food for half the trip. I’ll bring deli meats, tortillas, cheese, and soup. It saves a little money and sometimes I don’t feel like eating out, especially if we get in late. I also don’t like eating out of my bag for 4 days so I’ll just pack enough food for 2 days.
 
wheelsup said:
Five day sequence (day trip + four day). Spent $9.21 out of pocket at a place on my last day. Didn't have to but had a four hour sit before my commute home so wanted to relax a bit.

Five PB&J sandwiches
Spicy black bean burger (veggie no meat) and bun, lettuce, onion, ketchup
Two General Tso's home made meals
One three slice home made pizza meal
Five home made breakfast wraps
Five protein bars (ate four, ~$1.15 a piece on sale, expensive but filling)
Quarter bag of mix and match trail mix
Maybe 8oz of home made banana bread
Two packs of jerky (ended up eating one and saving my Turkey stuff, expensive!)
Dark chocolate almonds for dessert (seven each day)

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Good grief, I had an FO that brought so much crap he had junk in the closet and behind my seat. We had a chat about it! :)
 
Derg said:
Good grief, I had an FO that brought so much crap he had junk in the closet and behind my seat. We had a chat about it! :)
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I have this bag. It all fits in the back half and I carry my QRH, headset, iPad etc. in the front half.

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Cptnchia said:
To me, that is just way too much stuff to be hauling around. Company pays $50 or more a day in per diem. That’s what it’s for, to buy food.
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To me it's exhausting going on a hunt for food, waiting for it, etc. I just pop my dinner into a microwave and 3 mins later I'm in business. Plus it's way healthier than anything you can get at a restaurant, which tend to use oil, butter and sodium like they are free.
 
Meh...I keep cliff bars and raw almonds in my bag as light meals and snacks, but I'm not trying to lug around an entire refrigerator with me for 4 days.
 
I prefer what I cook to the crap food I've had on the same 4 overnights I have, but by the second day of being on ice in a bag and in a crappy mini fridge I'm usually too scared to eat it.
 
wheelsup said:
Five day sequence (day trip + four day). Spent $9.21 out of pocket at a place on my last day. Didn't have to but had a four hour sit before my commute home so wanted to relax a bit.

Five PB&J sandwiches
Spicy black bean burger (veggie no meat) and bun, lettuce, onion, ketchup
Two General Tso's home made meals
One three slice home made pizza meal
Five home made breakfast wraps
Five protein bars (ate four, ~$1.15 a piece on sale, expensive but filling)
Quarter bag of mix and match trail mix
Maybe 8oz of home made banana bread
Two packs of jerky (ended up eating one and saving my Turkey stuff, expensive!)
Dark chocolate almonds for dessert (seven each day)

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Sorry bud but that looks disgusting. LOL You say 9.21 out of pocket on the road, but how much did this home-brought stuff all cost?

Fact is when you're on the road, you're gonna be spending money on food. Some just spend most of that money before day 1 to lug food around for the next 4 days. No thanks :)
 
I make a decent enough living to eat out when on the road. It’s about choices. Plenty of healthy options out there. I will always make time to eat a proper meal when I’m working. Never heard a peep from anyone about it.
 
wheelsup said:
learhawkerbe400 said:
One of our pilots designed an awesome app that will auto trade, auto drop and do a bunch of other awesome stuff. I show it to guys and they’re like that’s awesome it’ll make life way easier.

Then i tell them it’s $20/month and 75% say oh that’s too much for me. First year Pay is 90k. Unbelievable.
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More like $75k. But I get it. For a lot of newer guys being on reserve that program isn't really needed.

IMO the company should've done the programming on it and provided it.
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I don’t get it though. Most of these guys are lineholders. I’ll watch them spend $15 on a sandwich and a coke then say they can’t afford $20/month. That’s just being unrealistic.
 
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