How do I deduct meals and food expenses?

As a flight crewmember, you are eligible to write off meal expenses while at work, but it is not as straightforward as you might think.  Pilots and flight attendants do not (typically) write off the actual cost of their meal expenses.  Rather, they use the federal per diem rates for the locations where they had layovers as the basis for their meal allowance.

Please view this video to learn why entering layovers is necessary.

Also, watch this video below to learn just about everything you should know as a crewmember attempting to write off flight crew expenses.