B757 first officer reports incidents of captains not eating on international flights due to fear of ...

Narrative:

Post flight I queried the captain why he did not consume his crew meal either to or from paris. He told me of an incident where he was threatened with poisoning by an flight attendant. I flew with another pilot that basically told me of the same event; he too refused to eat his provided meals. I told the captain that I had written a report following the previous experience and I would do so here again. It is dangerous to have our pilots not eat during a long flight (either domestic or international). The potential swings in blood sugar level can cause permanent physical damage and it potentially sets up a 'pilot incapacitation' event; totally un-necessarily. This event needs to have a finality with published results. If a verifiable threat was made; legal proceeding should occur. Bottom line is that pilots do not have their own ability to prepare these provided meals. One should (and I would argue must) be able to trust the people we fly with. If we cannot trust each other; something must change. This is dangerous!!!! Since a number of the reports that I have written have been adjusted to either operational or security reports; and I question whether federal authorities (FAA) are seeing them I will be providing a 'hard copy' to the FAA to ensure oversight authorities view this. I do not want to hear of another incident or worse yet an accident that could have been avoided.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 First Officer reports incidents of Captains not eating on international flights due to fear of the meals being contaminated or worse by the cabin crew.

Narrative: Post flight I queried the Captain why he did not consume his crew meal either to or from Paris. He told me of an incident where he was threatened with poisoning by an Flight Attendant. I flew with another pilot that basically told me of the same event; he too refused to eat his provided meals. I told the Captain that I had written a report following the previous experience and I would do so here again. It is DANGEROUS to have our pilots not eat during a long flight (either domestic or international). The potential swings in blood sugar level can cause permanent physical damage and it potentially sets up a 'pilot incapacitation' event; totally un-necessarily. This event needs to have a finality with published results. If a verifiable threat was made; legal proceeding should occur. Bottom line is that pilots do NOT have their own ability to prepare these provided meals. One should (and I would argue MUST) be able to trust the people we fly with. If we CANNOT trust each other; something MUST change. THIS IS DANGEROUS!!!! Since a number of the reports that I have written have been adjusted to either operational or security reports; and I question whether Federal Authorities (FAA) are seeing them I will be providing a 'hard copy' to the FAA to ensure oversight authorities view this. I DO NOT want to hear of another incident or worse yet an accident that could have been avoided.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	917775
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 13500 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

B757 first officer reports incidents of captains not eating on international flights due to fear of the meals being contaminated or worse by the cabin crew.