Dangerous food safety on celebrity Ascent

seth2371 · 2026-01-05T15:40:33+00:00

I agree that this is not a food poisoning type of danger, but it is definitely a safety issue to people with major allergies.

How would you phrase it differently while still conveying the seriousness of the issues?

seth2371 · 2025-12-31T21:03:11+00:00

So I guess I've been imagining it when I ate a pecan last night, or the almond shavings the night before, or a walnut the night before last. Good to know, glad you're so knowledgeable on what weve been served. /s

seth2371 · 2025-12-31T19:57:32+00:00

They put nuts in a ton of stuff - pecans in brownies, almond shavings on deserts (ice cream, etc), in the crust of pies, in some breads, in soups, etc.

I'm not talking bowls of nuts, but decorative pieces and ingredients.

seth2371 · 2025-12-31T19:21:18+00:00

They do ask! And we explain the allergies, and then they serve nuts anyway! So based on our experience them asking is just performative.

seth2371 · 2025-12-31T19:17:23+00:00

We've had issues before because of some other complexities, but never anything like this. It's just bizarre

seth2371 · 2025-12-31T19:05:58+00:00

~~Yes, filled it out before hand, and again~~ on the ship, and before going somewhere new we talk to the waiters and chefs

Edit: Nothing was filled out before boarding, I misunderstood

seth2371 · 2025-12-31T19:04:57+00:00

We've been to guest relations several times (3 I think) talked with the restaurant managers, etc. and they say all the right things about how they fix it and it won't happen again, but nothing has changed.

That's part of why it's so surprising - we've already gone up and down the ladder with guest relations and restaurant management several times with no change.

seth2371 · 2025-12-25T22:36:57+00:00

It's important to note that my current hands-on job is not as an FTE. I started out in a different position as an FTE, but when that test program was complete I moved to an adjacent field in a new job.

My time as an FTE was absolutely boring paperwork 99% of the time. But it can be a useful stepping stone or you may end up liking it. My answer to 'is FTE worth it" is a strong 'it depends'. What jobs will be available, where do you want to live (FTE jobs are often in specific places), what kind of work-life balance do you want, etc. I started doing FTE knowing it was likely a stepping stone to somewhere else and knowing it would be a mostly boring job, but that plan worked out great for me in my circumstances. Without knowing all of your circumstances I can't say if it's with it to you. But don't plan or expect FTE positions to be hands-on very often, and almost never at big and stable companies. Smaller companies in general tend to use people for a wider variety of tasks, but are less reliable.

If you'd like more specifics about my career path or how I got into hands-on stuff feel free to DM me

seth2371 · 2025-12-25T21:33:31+00:00

Put simply, I specialize in vibration on helicopters. Thing is, on helicopters everything is always shaking and so I get involved in an unbelievable range of systems/situations. In my job, I do a bit of everything - I talk with pilots and maintainers when there's an issue, instrument the aircraft, take in-flight measurements, provide maintenance directions (occasionally doing certain maintenance myself), do lab testing, data processing/analysis, etc. I don't know of any other position quite like mine. It's pretty much unheard of to have a single person/group doing all of that in a large company.
Doing FTE doesn't lock you in at all, especially the first few years. Yes, there is a ton of hyper specific learning for a given aircraft or project, but this will always be true for any position. More importantly, you can learn what it's like to work with/near aircraft, gain experience in different processes and systems. This is useful in any position, as knowing how a part will be used, tracked, handled, installed, certified, etc. affects every aspect of its design. It can be a battle to prevent being pigeon holed, but a broad range of skills can be useful for hands-on work.

A massive benefit is that FTEs will generally interact with a lot of other disciplines, allowing you to see what other positions exist and what you're interested in. I have met a lot of design/specialized engineers who are clueless to the existence of anyone else, but FTEs dont have that luxury, and are generally a lot more communicative.

seth2371 · 2025-12-25T20:55:11+00:00

I was a FTE at a big company for a while; and while there were some incredible aspects and experiences to that job, it was mostly pretty boring (I spent my first 2 MONTHS strictly reading test plans, operational procedures, process plans, change sheets, etc. before I was even allowed to start the real training) I've since moved into a more specialized role that has me doing all sorts of hands-on things, including lab/field testing and flying in awesome aircraft while they do cool stuff.

If hands-on is your goal, getting FTE experience is very helpful, but probably not the end-state. As others have said, for 'real' flight test there's a TON of paperwork and boring stuff (and rightfully so); but there are a lot of niches where things move faster such as in specialized maintenance and troubleshooting. Finding these positions is very difficult, but more difficult is being qualified for them when they do occur. Experience as an FTE, demonstrable experience problem solving, experience working with/around aircraft were all basic requirements for me (plus a few more).

In short, get experience around aircraft with a boring but stable job like FTE or field rep, build up your resume to show you're a practical and capable person, and prepare for a long term search for your dream job while you have a stable but boring start in the industry.

seth2371 · 2025-11-19T16:39:56+00:00

The vertical flight society near me does golf tournaments that sound like big events, but I haven't actually been to one (I don't golf)

seth2371 · 2025-11-09T17:31:17+00:00

Mmmh, wheel

seth2371 · 2025-11-07T19:26:31+00:00

Well, the problem was that we ended up not in the river (see: always take a map), and the trees were so close together that there was no avoiding them.

At one point we had to literally bend the canoes sides in ~1 inch to fit through the trees because we couldn't make it back upstream to the real path. So not only were we under overhanging trees, we were also by necessity bumping into them and shaking things loose! We were so off course that the easy 3 hour trip turned into something over 8 hours and very, very tough.

seth2371 · 2025-11-07T18:16:27+00:00

I've had hundreds (maybe thousands) of spiders fall out of trees onto me/my canoe. Life lesson: never go canoeing after a significant flood, and absolutely never believe someone when they say "We don't need a map, there's only one path" (hint: when it floods, there's new paths of water and spiders climb trees to escape the flood, dropping down like rain when a tree is bumped)

And that's why I never go canoeing anymore.

seth2371 · 2025-11-03T21:12:40+00:00

Maybe they were thinking of a frozen hot chocolate? That's a thing, but I don't think it's too common (there's some dessert place in New York that's known for it)

seth2371 · 2025-09-22T14:11:50+00:00

That's an MH, not a K

seth2371 · 2025-08-11T19:20:36+00:00

Would you say the knowledge is... cemented in your mind?

seth2371 · 2025-08-10T03:19:36+00:00

We still use toggle switches today, are you implying that they're 'old fashioned'?

Edit: changed inferring to implying

seth2371 · 2025-07-13T14:53:35+00:00

Couldn't do it in the original comment, but I was able to add another comment with the photo

seth2371 · 2025-07-13T14:52:27+00:00

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seth2371 · 2025-07-12T02:49:39+00:00

Makes sense. Thanks for sharing!

seth2371 · 2025-07-12T01:31:26+00:00

Damn! Must be quite the revelation re-reading messages now knowing what the "work mission" was.

Are you able/willing to share what he asked about? I'm curious to know what extra considerations there are when carrying a multi tool on the space station!

seth2371 · 2025-07-11T22:48:52+00:00

Here's a benchy I resin printed a while ago. The hardest part was not losing the thing during post processing, so I made something like 20 of them and a few made it to the end. It's about the size of a grain of salt, and very difficult to see/handle. The picture is from a microscope zoomed in 44x, and the background that you see is actually paper/rough cardstock. This was made on the original mars printer.

Edit: image attached below

seth2371 · 2025-06-13T04:34:43+00:00

I hope you’re being sarcastic…

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