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FBO and caterer agree to hand-delivery-only policy for in-flight catering
Summary
A catering vendor and the FBO told the Palestine Airport Advisory Board they resolved a longstanding practice: the caterer will hand-deliver meals directly to pilots and will not leave food in airport facilities; the FBO confirmed it will not provide catering services or accept additional liability.
At the February meeting a catering vendor who has served the airport for about 15 years told the board that going forward she will hand-deliver meals directly to pilots and will not leave catering on tables or in the airport's refrigerator.
The caterer said she receives orders in advance, coordinates delivery times, and maintains pilot contact information to ensure direct handoff. She also said she was told by airport staff that she can no longer use the airport refrigerator.
An FBO representative confirmed the FBO does not operate as a caterer, said the new arrangement limits the FBO's liability and agreed the hand-delivery approach is appropriate.
Board members said the arrangement addressed liability concerns and required no further board action because the caterer and FBO had resolved the practice between them.
The transcript records the caterer stating, during her remarks, that it is "actually a federal offence to touch or remove food from a school environment and leave it out on a table." That statement is reported here as an attribution of what the speaker said; the article does not confirm the legal accuracy of that claim.
