Originally Posted by OneAndDone

Just a quick topic.....

We of course have our special cases that won't part with a buck to save their lives, all airlines have them....

However I have noticed, as have some people I have spoke to, a growing number of new hires who don't tip the van drivers.

So a note to new guys, we tip our drivers here. Those who are tipping a buck, thank you. Those that don't, find a buck a day. If you can't afford a $1, ask the Captain to spot you a buck or cover you, so that we don't stiff the van drivers.

I know the popular excuses, God knows they have been beat to death on these forums:

-They make more than I do
-This is work, I'm not on vacation
-I can't remember to take cash
-Im on first year pay and it sucks

But in the end, even our first year FAs tip the drivers the majority of the time and they are at what, $20 an hour.

Sure, you will have an occasional late pickup, rude driver, unsafe, etc....but the overwhelming amount of drivers are on time, (even when we are late) grab the bags and don't crash us into a wall because we sit and complain every car ride about our pay, company, management, contract etc...

As the saying goes, we tip the driver not for that ride, but for the next ride.

First year pay sucks, we get it, we all did it. We also all knew the pay when we signed on the dotted line. Hopefully soon enough $38.50 will be a nightmare of the past...

...until then, tip a buck. It has remained a buck for over a decade, some tip more, but find a buck a ride...it is really not that hard.

Thats it...one and done on these forums, just wanted to put that out there.