Meal Quality and Employee Satisfaction at Inflight Catering Using the Cook-Chill System

Abstract

More than one billion meals are served in flights annually, making airline catering a lucrative industry. This study is to assess the meal quality of inflight catering company that uses the cook-chill system and its relation to the employee’s job satisfaction. Using a quantitative approach, 117 questionnaires were given to the workers to describe their experience. The findings revealed that cook-chilled meals had consistent quality, palatability, flavor and appearance and strongly related to the workers’ job satisfaction (r=0.758 and 0.709, respectively). Therefore, the cook-chill system is appropriate for mass production, but the safety and quality still depend on employee motivation. Keywords: Cook Chill System; In-Flight Catering; Meal Quality; Employees’ Satisfaction eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i22.4076