Originally Posted by
kme9418
I have been wondering how long "$1 has been the standard tip". With about 100 years of aviation behind us, shouldn't inflation have it up to about $2 yet? But I'm just an FO at a bottom feeder airline so I still only tip $1 and so does most everyone else I fly with.
A buck was the standard as far back as 1985, but prior to that? Well, I'm old but not that old. In 2006 I unilaterally decided to up it to 2 bucks, because like you said, inflation. Over the years I have heard all of the rationales against tipping, nobody has ever succeeded in convincing me it's anything other than being a cheapskate.