787 question

[Scrooge]

The Boeing 787 is pressurised for 800ft rather than 8000ft like most I think. Do we think that the airlines are going to produce specific menus for flight's using the 787 or are the pax going to have to eat the over spiced food from regular flights?…The stupid things I think of while driving back from the Grand Canyon [:p][:I]

[Bazz]

Hi Dave,

I see I am the 26th person to read this but noboby has replied, I wonder if it is because, like me, they don't understand the question? I you hadn't said you were driving I may have thought you had been on the sauce

I think what jetwet is getting at is that the cabin of a plane is kept at a constant pressure equivalent to being at 8,000 feet whether it is actually at 1,000 feet or 35,000 feet. As you know the higher you go the thinner the air and the different effect it has on the body, ie, alcohol affects you more and your body swells slightly (hence wearing flight socks etc).
If a plane was pressurised at 800 feet then your stomach would have less pressure on it, therefore, you could eat a more "heavy" meal without feeling bloated. So airlines could serve different food.

Or then again I could be totally barking up the wrong tree [:#]

[Bazz]

I got the pressure bit, just didn't make the connection with the "...over spiced foods from regular flights?..." bit; so yeah - heavy - over spiced, okay now I get it [y]

[Scrooge]

Sorry,let me explain more [:I].

The food we are served on flight's has more spice than normal because our taste buds do not work as well at altitude so airlines over spice the food we are served.

Now with the 787 having a lower cabin "altitude" will the airline go to the expense of having meals prepared just for that aircraft?

[Bazz]

What do you think?

TBH, I doubt that most airlines will bother especially if their schedule changes a lot and no aircraft is set to a route.

VS.