One does love the wish to end a news story with a quick zinger. Here is one from CNN.com, which mixes airline food with metaphor worthy of DB Cooper.
But on long-haul flights, airlines are restrained in what they can cut.
Miller: "People measure the standard of their flight by the quality of the food or the size of the portion they get. If a meal is cut back too severely they are going to walk away."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/02/1 ... pstoryview