Why Airline Food Sucks  As long as there has been commercial
flight, the quality of in-flight meals has gotten a bad rap.
Here's what airlines are doing to solve the problem.  As long as
passengers have been flying, they've been disappointed by the
quality of in-flight meals. But why? After 90 years of
commercial air flight, why haven't airlines been able to design
menus that can survive the scrutiny of diners at 30,000 feet? Is
it because airline food really sucks, or is it because we just
think it sucks? In truth, it's a little of both. But airlines
are making surprising strides to fix both.  Even before you take
into account the other practicalities that come into play when
you try to feed people in a pneumatic tube 30,000 feet in the
air, a meal you serve on an airplane will always taste worse
than a meal served on the ground. "When you travel at a high
altitude, your sense of taste isn't the same as it is in a
restaurant," says Peter Wilander, managing director of onboard
services at Delta. The reasons f