@height8 If you're referring to meal ordering, yes. There is a system that forecasts number of customer meals that needs to be catered to on each & every flight. The orders flow-in from Minus 24hours to Departure and subsequent updates at Minus 12h, Minus 8h, Minus 4h and even at Minus 60 minutes. It works on a algorithm based on historical data from past year/date/day etc. Quite correct and accurate, I have to say. For the operating crew, it is based on the number of crew rostered.

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