Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
Afterburn,
I won't sit here and presume to know about your financial situation, but please, think about the long term. This is a slippery slope if I've ever seen one. Pilots may not be as high and mighty as those of yesterday, but we are not that low either. Management does everything to put pilots down, and we don't help by arguing amongst ourselves. Why should we help them push us further down? What if management says they'll pay less now that this tip system is in place?
As a pilot, you are a highly skilled professional. You do not get tips.
SS Minow,
I was thinking of attaching last years w-2 to the tip jar so I could help change the perception.
I could also put a brochure out describing crash pads, or life as a commuter. The only prestige we have in the false belief of the public, which is why when pilots want to have a work action, the people are never going to be behind us.
I can't even get paid for a full day's work. work a flight to this airport, sit for 4 hours, than 2 more legs. duty day.....12.5 hours.....pay....4
I would also pass the tip jar around for on time departure, and arrival.
But in all seriousness, my wife told a co-worker how abismal my first year pay was....said co-worker thought she was lying.