Originally Posted by Lowlevel

Lots of good points that people have brought up. I'll just tell my story.
It all started when I was the only crew member on a van in CVG. Since we trained there, I knew the drivers all real well. I got into a conversation with one and asked about pay/benefits. He stated that he made $13 per hour and usually worked 50 hour weeks (with 10 hours of 1.5 pay). So, by using my pilot math skills, $715 a week seems to be the number. This along with running crews to a busy crew hotel (3 or 4 members at a time), figure on the low end, 1 crew an hour ($30 or $40 a day cash).
This was in December 2007. On New Year's Eve, I made a resolution to not tip the drivers during trips. Instead, I would put the $6 per trip (3 overnights) away in a jar for the whole year. At the end of the year, I had $290.00 in cash shoved into a jar!! Yay! Many drivers, especially in Canada, stood there waiting for me to tip and some looked angry as I walked away after thanking them, but I guess they'll get over it.