Furryboh t1_j8y17vh wrote on February 17, 2023 at 7:34 PM Reply to ELI5: Why does a pilot and his co-pilots not eat the same food on a flight? by Electronic-Bend3263 The food is prepared en masse. If something is wrong with one type of dish, the odds of the second type of dish also having something wrong with is is minimal. Where as if they both eat the bad dish, well, you’ve got no pilot left. Permalink 4
Furryboh t1_j8y17vh wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why does a pilot and his co-pilots not eat the same food on a flight? by Electronic-Bend3263
The food is prepared en masse. If something is wrong with one type of dish, the odds of the second type of dish also having something wrong with is is minimal. Where as if they both eat the bad dish, well, you’ve got no pilot left.