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.
About 2009 I realized that when I started in this business (in 1997), as a commuter pilot I was tipping a dollar. Figured with inflation, the poor economy in 2009 and the fact I was making like ten times as much, I could raise it to $2. So that's what I tip now.