Originally Posted by
NeverHome
To be fair, google all you want, but nothing says in addition to making crap pay at xyz regional, you should give some of your hard earned money as a tip. That’s not something most people learn until IOE.
You'd never traveled before you learned to fly? I distinctly remember tipping bell hops and van drivers for handling my bags when I was a (non-pilot) business traveler, and a recreational traveler.
Some service people just get tips in our society, I don't know why people think there's a special carve-out for pilots to not tip van drivers??? It's not strictly mandatory, but people will notice and it will reflect on you.