Originally Posted by
Milehighrabbi
In regards to Captains buying beer and/or dinner, keep in mind that many of today's Captains started off as Flight Engineers.
As an FO, I pay my own way. But when I was in the back seat, I virtually never paid for beer or meals. It was almost embarrassing, but much appreciated.
I think it is a matter of degree. Buy the probationary folks everything, buy the beer for the narrowbody FOs below 5-6 years seniority, Int'l buy the first round.
At least thats been more or less my observation.