Ukuba ubungumkhweli wodidi lokuqala we-TWA osuka eWashington, DC, ukuya eSan Francisco, eCalifornia, ngo-Okthobha ka-1970, imenyu yakho ifundeka ngakumbi njengesidlo seKumkani yeLanga kunokutya okuphekwe kwangaphambili okufudunyezwa kwi-oveni yokuhambisa.
Usenokuba uqale nge-crêpe farcie aux fruit de mer, kunye ne-lobster, i-shrimp, i-crabmeat, kunye ne-scallops kwi-sauce ye-cream, ibhotela, kunye ne-sherry, ilandelwa yi-veal Orloff "egcwele i-truffles." Emva koko, kwakukho iitshizi, i-Grand Marnier gâteau, iziqhamo ezifakwe kwi-kirsch, kunye ne-cocktails emva kwesidlo sakusihlwa. I-TWA inethemba lokuba amava aya kukhumbuleka kangangokuba ade anike imvulophu ekhethekileyo yokuba uthumele imenyu yakho ebantwini basekhaya.
Ewe, yayiyimihla leyo. Abakhweli babedla ngokuhlehla baye kumagumbi okutyela ahlukeneyo, iitafile zibekwe ilinen ecocekileyo, yaye sasinokuthenjwa ukuba sinezinto zokuthambisa. ICuisine yahlala iyisiginitsha yoncedo lwenqwelomoya, kwaye yayingekabiyiyo idomeyini (yokoqobo) yezixhobo zokubala zeembotyi. (Ungaze ulibale ukuba itikiti lodidi lwezoqoqosho ngowe-1970 lalixabisa malunga nee-$300 zokuya nokubuya, okanye ii-$1,650 ezilungiselelwa ukuhla kwamandla emali.)
Ngowe-1978 yonke loo nto yatshintsha. Ukuthotywa kommiselo kunye neBhodi ye-Civil Aeronautics yanikezela ulawulo lokumisela iinqwelo-moya. Ngethuba lokuqala, iinqwelomoya kwafuneka zikhuphisane nabakhweli ngamaxabiso aphantsi kunye neenkqubo zokunyaniseka. Ukhuphiswano lwanciphisa imida yengeniso, lwabeka ucukucezo kubathwali abaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa de uhlaselo lwabanqolobi ngo-2001 lwajika ingxaki yaba yingxaki.
Ukubandezeleka ngenxa yelahleko enkulu yemali kunye nokufuna ukucuthwa okungaphezulu, iinqwelomoya zaqala ukujolisa ekutyeni. Kungekudala emva kwe-9/11, i-American Airlines kunye ne-TWA bayeka ukunika ukutya kwiikhabhathi zabo eziphambili kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya, zilandelwa phantse bonke abanye abathwali baseMelika. Ngokwengqiqo, yayiyishedyuli yenqwelomoya kunye nexabiso elithengisa amatikiti - hayi ukutya kwayo.
Namhlanje, phakathi kwabahlanu ababizwa ngokuba ngabathwali belifa lase-US, kuphela i-Continental isabonelela ngokutya okuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwiindlela zasekhaya, i-anachronism inqwelomoya yakhe iphulo lentengiso yonke indawo.
Kodwa kukho amandla amatsha esibhakabhakeni namhlanje. Njengoko abakhweli bafuna ngaphezulu imali yabo (ingakumbi kolu qoqosho), ugqatso luza kubamba umthengi obhatalayo kwiklasi yokuqala nakwishishini ngokunyusa izinto phambi kwenqwelomoya.
ULauri Curtis, usekela mongameli weenkonzo zase-American Airlines, uthi malunga neenqwelomoya zasekhaya, “Sisebenzisa iidola ezimbalwa ekufuneka sityale kuzo kwikhabhathi yokuqala. Kwikhabhathi ephambili, sijonga lula. ”
Ngapha koko, nangona abathwali base-US ababetsala nzima banciphisa inkcitho yabo ekutyeni ukusuka kwi-5.92 yeedola ngo-1992 ukuya kwi-3.39 yeedola ngomkhweli ngamnye (kuzo zonke iikhabhini) ngo-2006, ngokwe-Bureau of Transportation Statistics, batshintsha izinto eziphambili kwakhona. Abathwali belifa ngokwenene baye banyusa inkcitho ekutyeni ngeepesenti ezine ukusuka ku-2007 ukuya ku-2008 - nanjengoko bebetsala nzima ukunciphisa iindleko ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso amafutha.
Ukubhenela kwiinkalakahla ezikhulayo, ngakumbi nangakumbi iinqwelomoya zasekhaya zithatha iingcebiso kubathwali bamazwe aphesheya, abathe bacela uncedo lwamagama abhalwe ngqindilili ukucwangcisa ukutya.
Kangangeminyaka, umAmerika ebethembele kumpheki wokupheka waseMazantsi ntshona uStephan Pyles kunye nogxa wakhe waseDallas uDean Esoyika ukucwangcisa iimenyu zokubhabha. Kutshanje, i-United yaqala ukusebenza noCharlie Trotter ukwenza ukutya okunempilo kunye ne-twist yamazwe ngamazwe, njenge-risotto ye-mushroom yasendle kunye nenkukhu egayiweyo. UDelta, okwangoku, ucofe izakhono zikaMichelle Bernstein, umnini kaMichy noSra. Martinez zokutyela eMiami, kunye nosomashishini ophila ngobusuku uRande Gerber ecebisana ngeecocktails kunye nenkosi sommelier uAndrea Robinson echola iwayini.
Oko akuthethi ukuba i-Trotter ikwi-galley yenza i-risotto yakho. Aba bapheki abadumileyo basebenzisana neenkampani ezifana neGate Gourmet - iikhitshi zabo zikhupha ukutya kubakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-200 ngonyaka kwiinqwelomoya ezinkulu zehlabathi - ukuguqulela imibono yabo kwinto esebenza kwiinyawo ezingama-30,000. Ayisiyonto incinci leyo, ucinga ukuba ukutya kuya kuhamba nge-chiller eqhumayo kunye nemigca yendibano, ukuwela i-tarmac, kwaye ubuncinci kwii-oveni ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba ifike esihlalweni sakho.
Okwangoku, ukuqwalaselwa kwendawo kwii-oveni ezikwi-onboard kunye nakwiitafile zetreyi kubangela enye ingxaki. (Umzekelo, i-Pyles eyaziwayo ye-Cowboy bone-in rib eye, kwafuneka ihlengahlengiswe phantsi kwi-fillet.)
UBob Rosar, umpheki oyintloko weGate Gourmet kuMntla Merika, uthi kolunye uqikelelo, “usenokuphulukana ne-18 ekhulwini lencasa yakho, okanye incasa, xa ukwindlu exineneyo.” Kodwa emva kwamashumi eminyaka yenzululwazi yokutya kunye novavanyo kunye neempazamo, uthi, ukubuyisela ilahleko akusathethi ukongeza i-18 ekhulwini letyuwa kunye nepepile ekutyeni. “Sisebenzisa imifuno kunye neviniga enencasa ukwenza incasa kuwo onke amanqanaba. Endaweni yokubhaka inkukhu yakho, siza kuyitshisa okanye siyiqhole.”
Ewe, bambalwa abathwali base-US abanokubonelela ngokutya kwinqanaba elifanayo njengeenqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe, ezingakhange zijongane nobunzima bezemali obuthelekisekayo. Abanye abathwali, abanje ngeAustrian Airlines kunye neGulf Air, eneneni babeka abapheki ebhodini ukuze balungiselele ukutya kwiiklasi zeprimiyamu, kunye neenqwelomoya ezininzi, kubandakanya iOstriya neSingapore, abasebenzi benqwelomoya baqeqesha njengabahambi.
Abathwali bamazwe ngamazwe bahlala bebonisa ukutya kwelizwe labo lemvelaphi: i-Abu Dhabi ethwala i-Etihad Airways inika i-tiramisu efakwe ikofu yesi-Arabhu. ILufthansa ibonakalisa imveliso yaseJamani yengingqi efana nekhaphetshu yeFilder-Spitzkraut kunye neetapile zeBamberger Hörnla. Kwaye iJapan Airlines ikhupha zonke iindawo zokumisa, ilungiselela ukutya kwesintu kwizipheki ezikhethekileyo zerayisi.
Nanjengoko iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zasekhaya ziphinda zenza iimenyu zabakhweli benqwelomoya, abo basemva babona ukuvela kweemenyu zokuthenga ebhodini. Okuqale ngokuthengiswa kweebhokisi zamashwamshwam ezisisiseko kugqatso lweengalo phakathi kweenqwelomoya ukubonelela ngeesantshi ezitsha, ezisempilweni kunye neesaladi kubakhweli basekhaya. I-United isanda kongeza izinto ezifana ne-turkey kunye ne-asparagus wrap kunye ne-Asian yenkukhu isaladi, i-$ 9 nganye, kunye nentsebenziswano entsha yaseMelika kunye neBoston Market iquka iChicken Carver kunye nesaladi eqoshiwe yaseNtaliyane, phakathi kwabanye (zonke izinto ziyi-$ 10), kwiindlela ezikhethiweyo.
UChef Todd IsiNgesi, okwangoku, uye waphuhlisa imenyu yezitya ezifana netshizi yebhokhwe kunye nesaladi yemifuno (i-8 yeedola) ze-Delta's main cabin. I-JetBlue, edume ngokukhupha i-snacks yasimahla, ide iphande namathuba okuthengisa ukutya kwiinqwelomoya zayo; ivavanye inkqubo yokuthenga-kwibhodi ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Ngokwezifundo zeenqwelo-moya, abakhweli bonwabe ngakumbi xa behlawulela into abafuna ukuyitya kunokuba bafumane ukutya simahla abangakufumaniyo. I-Virgin America ikhomba kuphando oluye lwabonisa ukuba abakhweli bezoqoqosho bazimisele ukuchitha ukuya kuthi ga kwi-21 yeedola kwiinkonzo ze-onboard (kubandakanywa nokutya kunye nokuzonwabisa), kodwa ukuba ukutya kufuneka kube yinto entsha kunye ne-cocktails ephezulu.
Nangona iinqwelomoya zinyanzelisa ukuba iinkqubo zabo zokuthenga ebhodini zijolise ikakhulu ukunika abakhweli amava angcono okuhamba ngenqwelomoya, zikwayinxalenye yomzamo omkhulu wokwakha ingeniso engeyiyo eyokuhamba ngenqwelomoya. (Kubathwali base-US, kuphela i-Virgin America eya kuxoxa ngeendleko ezisisiseko zeebhokisi zayo ze-snack-malunga nesiqingatha sexabiso le-$ 6 yokuthenga - kwaye uqinisekise inzuzo yenkqubo yokutya.)
Kodwa ukufikelela ulungelelwano akukho lula; ezinye iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zifumana indlela enzima xa zithathele kude kakhulu. Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-United yalahla izicwangciso zokuvavanya ukuthenga-ebhodini kwiinqwelomoya ezidlulayo kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa emva kokubhengeza inkqubo, ngenxa yoqhanqalazo lwabakhweli. Kwaye i-US Airways kwafuneka iguqule umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokuhlawulisa iziselo ezithambileyo kunye namanzi asebhotileni kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya emva kweenyanga ezisixhenxe kuphela.
Kuwo onke amaqela abo ababhali-mali kunye nabacebisi abanamandla aphezulu, iireams zophando, kunye nabapheki abadumileyo, iinqwelomoya zithi injongo yazo yokugqibela kukufumana indawo emnandi apho abagibeli be-premium banandipha inkonzo eyaneleyo yokuhlawula ngaphezulu, abakhweli kumqeqeshi baziva banelisekile ( kwaye mhlawumbi ndonwabile) ngamava abo, kwaye abathwali banokuhlala benyibilikile. Ukuba bayifumana kakuhle? Nali ithemba lokuba ukutya kwenqwelomoya yasekhaya ngenye imini kuya kuphinda kulunge ngokwaneleyo ukuba sibhalele ekhaya.
