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Old 03-10-2009 | 05:56 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
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Originally Posted by CaptKrunch
I give the Van driver a smile and a thank you. Unless they stand in the way and force me not to I always load my own bags in the back and offer to load the Capt's and the FA's bags too. He drove me from the airport to the hotel and back. It is not rocket science. Added to the fact he makes more than I do in a year. No one tips me for flying them halfways across the country and back. (Let me make it clear I don't want tips) The point of my rant is not everyone has the want or the means to tip them and when they stand there expecting it, it just makes them look bad.
I don't know what you think van drivers make but I certainly didn't make as much as the pilots. That job depends on tips. I didn't even make minimum wage. I think you are wrong for not tipping the van drivers - but that is just me.

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