Most flights I try to bring something that will keep during the flight, like hand rolls or a dry subway sandwich -- but it's particular tough when you have an early morning flight.. which are most flights to Hawaii. XD;;

For our 10hr direct flight from NYC to HNL, it was almost painful waiting for the food service, which was sort of delayed due to air turbulence. XD;

Ah~ usually shorter flights (or all "economically-priced" flights, nowadays) seem to only serve a drink and either nuts, crackers or cookies.

We fly a minimum of 5 hours from Hawaii to the California, so some flights offer a meal (or suggest passengers to buy their own before they get on the plane.) ^^

Wow -- pita sammich? I haven't had one of those yet on a flight! :3

Often-times sandwiches on our flights have a humungous burger bun and dried up meat and cheese... and almost always are turkey. XD; I sometimes bring along a bag of potato chips so I can stuff it under the meat and give it a little crunch. ♥

Wow ~ I kinda remember those days. I think salads are relegated to international service or first class. LOL. (Which is kinda sad, because I really miss eating fresh stuff on the flight.)

Lately, everything has been "steam-able" foods, like "frittatas" - or what I call a fancy omelette, dry curry pastas, the aforementioned "burrito/wrap", and rice pilaf... or the usual turkey sandwich.

Admittedly, the food has gotten better over the past year... but it's a far cry from what it used to be back in the day. T_T;