
A little after 6:30 in the morning on Feb. 2, Paul Andrade took a break from his job as a cook in Inglewood. He headed for an exit at the Flying Food building on Hillcrest Boulevard, not far from Los Angeles International Airport. His car was parked nearby, and “I had to go feed the meter,” Andrade said.
Andrade has worked for nearly 11 years at Flying Food Group, whose business is centered around airline catering. But on this morning, the atmosphere felt very different.