Narrative:

After briefing flight attendant (flight attendant) I inspected crew meals. There was no dry ice in galley cart. First officer (first officer) meal was cold and with his plan to eat early he was fine. My meal was warm and I deemed it spoiled. Catering came took temperature and at 67 degrees agreed it was spoiled. Eventually a replacement meal and dry ice was provided. During the process I was greeted by a retired pilot and then subsequently a call by [chief pilot] due to me delaying flight to get a crew meal replacement. Both were friendly and not overtly pushing; but the mere presence and phone call implied pushing. Safety is priority. Just like a crew plans a route and fuel to safely conduct a flight; I also include my meal plan for the day to fuel me. I expect catering to provide the meals ordered so my plan can be safely executed. Had I not inspected the meals consuming a spoiled me further not refrigerated by dry ice 3 hours after departure and 4 plus after a spoiled meal was boarded a food poisoning event was a serious threat. To have two management types get involved and have station blame delay on me rather than root cause that catering failed; smacks of pushing and is contrary to safety. I don't like delaying flights. I take pride in serving our customers on time; but my health and safety should not be questioned or pushed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain reported an issue with the crew meals.

Narrative: After briefing FA (Flight Attendant) I inspected crew meals. There was no dry ice in galley cart. FO (First Officer) meal was cold and with his plan to eat early he was fine. My meal was warm and I deemed it spoiled. Catering came took temperature and at 67 degrees agreed it was spoiled. Eventually a replacement meal and dry ice was provided. During the process I was greeted by a retired pilot and then subsequently a call by [Chief Pilot] due to me delaying flight to get a crew meal replacement. Both were friendly and not overtly pushing; but the mere presence and phone call implied pushing. Safety is priority. Just like a crew plans a route and fuel to safely conduct a flight; I also include my meal plan for the day to fuel me. I expect catering to provide the meals ordered so my plan can be safely executed. Had I not inspected the meals consuming a spoiled me further not refrigerated by dry ice 3 hours after departure and 4 plus after a spoiled meal was boarded a food poisoning event was a serious threat. To have two management types get involved and have station blame delay on me rather than root cause that catering failed; smacks of pushing and is contrary to safety. I don't like delaying flights. I take pride in serving our customers on time; but my health and safety should not be questioned or pushed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.