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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #100 on: March 29, 2019, 11:40:32 AM »
Can you share agency?

They asked me not to share it publicly.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #101 on: March 29, 2019, 11:41:15 AM »
They asked me not to share it publicly.
I'm going to take this at face value...
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #102 on: March 29, 2019, 11:41:37 AM »
Of course. But it's always nice when you get a pretty good KSML as well.
Probably a 10 now that the hechsher is no good.

They asked me not to share it publicly.
So it's no good, but let's not tell the public it's no good.
Sigh.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #103 on: March 29, 2019, 11:42:39 AM »


Probably a 10 now that the hechsher is no good.
Airline:LH
Class:Y
Route:MUC-TLV
Caterer:Sohar's
Hechsher: Chief Rabbi of Frankfurt
Flight date: 03/28/19
Meal in pics:Dinner
ZSH rating: according to my Israeli seatmate "אני  על המטוס מעשר בבוקר ממיאמי דרך שוויץ, אני מכיר את האוכל הזה וזה לא טוב אבל מה לעשות" seems to fit in the 2-3 zone.

Question is, do we rate Y meals by the same standards as premium class meals, or by what you'd expect from a Y meal?

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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #104 on: March 29, 2019, 11:44:09 AM »
So it's no good, but let's not tell the public it's no good.
Sigh.

They don't want to come out officially against another hechsher. That's their call and I need to respect that request ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #106 on: March 29, 2019, 11:48:17 AM »

You lost me. Y should be above a 2 if J is a 10.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #107 on: March 29, 2019, 11:51:05 AM »
You lost me. Y should be above a 2 if J is a 10.
whY?
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #108 on: March 29, 2019, 12:16:02 PM »
Had some trouble getting through, but just got my very firm answer: BYOK.
Called a different kosher agency. They sent someone there and they were not happy with it. BYOK. They too won't go on the record though.

Also told me to watch out for AF/KL meals from AMS under R' Ralbag. Maybe we need a master thread for bad kashrus airline meals?
I wonder how we can best go about letting the airlines know they need higher standards?
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #109 on: March 29, 2019, 12:17:48 PM »
Can you share agency?
Should we use HRC's famous (post Benghazi) line?
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #110 on: March 29, 2019, 01:21:55 PM »
They don't want to come out officially against another hechsher. That's their call and I need to respect that request ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
It makes a lot of sense. Even CRC that has a list of reliable hechsheirm, does not say when a hechsher is unreliable they just don’t list them.
Being that there are many standards and levels in Kashrus most agencies wouldn’t want go explicitly on the record and say something is no good (they generally focus on listing their chumros and hiddurim without mentioning kulos and heteirom that others rely on). This is besides the fact that public spats between Kosher agencies would just devalue the entire industry.

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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #111 on: March 29, 2019, 01:23:15 PM »
Called a different kosher agency. They sent someone there and they were not happy with it. BYOK. They too won't go on the record though.

Also told me to watch out for AF/KL meals from AMS under R' Ralbag. Maybe we need a master thread for bad kashrus airline meals?
I wonder how we can best go about letting the airlines know they need higher standards?

How do you know it was a different kosher agency, we don't know which is the first one?

The stand of not publicly saying negative things about another Hechsher is totally understood.

For somewhat similar reason, I don't think a thread of "bad kashrus" would do any good. It's the education that people need to have, to assume by rule of thumb that a "Hechsher" isn't good, unless you know otherwise.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #112 on: March 29, 2019, 01:25:27 PM »
It's the education that people need to have, to assume by rule of thumb that a "Hechsher" isn't good, unless you know otherwise.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #113 on: March 29, 2019, 01:28:05 PM »
How do you know it was a different kosher agency, we don't know which is the first one?

The stand of not publicly saying negative things about another Hechsher is totally understood.

For somewhat similar reason, I don't think a thread of "bad kashrus" would do any good. It's the education that people need to have, to assume by rule of thumb that a "Hechsher" isn't good, unless you know otherwise.
1. Use your imagination
2. Not fair to assume that people do their research for every airline.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #114 on: March 29, 2019, 02:07:47 PM »
I wonder how we can best go about letting the airlines know they need higher standards?
Considering that
all politics aside, insiders seem to agree that most European kashrus certifications (with few exceptions) aren't as good/competent as US and some Israeli agencies.
This seems to be the local standard.

Therefore
It's the education that people need to have, to assume by rule of thumb that a "Hechsher" isn't good, unless you know otherwise.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #115 on: March 29, 2019, 02:26:38 PM »
1. Use your imagination
2. Not fair to assume that people do their research for every airline.

1. That's obviously not directed at me, just like my question wasn't directed at you. We're both old enough to know the answer.

2. It's not about fairness. Very relevant to this week's parsha, where the Torah takes the stand of giving the shorter list (kosher vs non kosher). The list of good/reliable Kashrus is (unfortunately) shorter than the reverse.
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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #116 on: May 21, 2019, 04:44:01 PM »
So I flew LH F last week and I made a comment to the FA's and sent an email to LH and this is the reply:

........In the meantime, we have also received a reply back from our Frankfurt Catering Management Team and unfortunately all our kosher meals are Sohar for all our flights departing from Frankfurt and there are no plans to change in the near future. Rest assured that your constructive criticism has been documented for future reference.

 

We regret that we were not able to meet your expectations; however, it is our hope to serve you in the future under more pleasant circumstances.

 

Sincerely,

 

Anita Ayala

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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #117 on: August 30, 2019, 10:05:49 AM »
Any update with this? What’s the current Hechsher on LH ex-fra?

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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #118 on: August 30, 2019, 05:35:24 PM »
Any update with this? What’s the current Hechsher on LH ex-fra?

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Re: BEWARE: Lufthansa "Kosher" from FRA loses kashrus.
« Reply #119 on: January 19, 2020, 09:07:38 PM »
Any updates on this?  I’m flying Lufthansa first and wondering if someone has a recent experience with the meal and hechsher?  Also any recommendations for kosher restaurants in the city?