I guess they said the menu item as they did - if they said "pho" they would be shot.
Beef brisket..... probably should have been sliced thin and then transported raw (assuming that can be done safely), then dropped in noodles as it is warming up. While brisket that thick can be good for texture, that's not authentic Vietnamese and they're taking a big risk it'll be tender and palatable once served in the air.
Also seems to be quite a lack of soup. Unless the dish was stored as soup and noodles, which means the noodles have probably soaked up the majority of the soup (and even more in it being reheated), giving you little soup and soggy noodles.
Pho flavour can be relatively subtle, even in the ground, but even that subtlety is tasty and sweet. I guess it's just too subtle once you're in the air, so they would have done well with additional seasoning to compensate.
