Originally Posted by
Lab Rat
So what if he makes $50/hr, should he still not be tipped? It's not up to me to decide what his top pay should or shouldn't be. If the service is good, and the majority of the time it is, I tip them and tip them well.
I see a lot of threads on the "Regionals" board about how regional pilots "deserve" more pay because they are "professionals". And then I read a posting like this where you refuse to tip someone because you have deemed them to be earning too much. This is one reason why pilots at the regional level have very little sympathy from me with regards to pay and QOL issues - because you're cheap.
If I am on a bus that has 15 people on it and 10 people tip for the 15 minute drive then I will not tip. (He is well on his way to making twice as much as me on tips alone with 4 trips in an hour. Dude makes enough money) But if very few people tip then I will be sure to give him a buck. Small hotels I always tip.
And I am cheap. Cheap enough to eat ham sandwiches for four days and never go out. Cheap enough to have been on food stamps. Cheap enough to have to use a credit card to buy groceries some times. Thank God I get free internet from next door. Public transportation to work. But I am always sure that the van driver that does not get many tips gets a dollar from me.
Not complaining about the regional pay so lets not go there. It is crappy pay that we all must go through to get where we want and do what we love. If it were all about the money, then I would be driving that airport hotel bus.
