An anecdote to save for when you hear someone getting nostalgic for the golden age of airline regulation, which was anti-competitive and often bad for consumers: that time Scandinavian Airlines was fined for serving complimentary sandwiches that were too nice.
How Airlines Colluded To Ensure Onboard Food Would Be Awful - View from the Wing
A special IATA meeting was held in London to define a sandwich, and hear violations. The airline industry body declared that sandwiches had to be “cold… simple… unadorned… inexpensive” and had to “consist of a substantial and visible chunk of bread.” Moreover they could not contain anything “normally regarded as expensive or luxurious, such as smoked salmon, oysters, caviar, lobster, game, asparagus, pate de foie gras” nor could they feature “overgenerous or lavish helpings which affect the money value of the unit.”
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