so many different opinions about tipping and not tipping...

the guys that tip want to almost force the others to tip based on thier reasoning... and the guys that don't tip do so for thier own reasons...

I think everybody should do what they like and not be pressured by anybody... even if you are a highly paid captain and chose not to tip while your junior FA tips a buck or two... who cares what others think... this tipping culture has gone way out of hand...

everybody makes a proper hourly wage, except restaurant servers who make $2 or so an hour last I recall... they live by tips and are taxed on them as well... so I only tip the server depending on the service... everybody else... hell no... especially NY cabbies... cause they get nasty when you don't leave a good tip... and I don't give a ****... oh yeah... and the skycaps at some airports... my wife came back to the states on a trip once and the guy had the nerve to demand a $15 tip... unfortunately she paid but if I were there I would have told him [no] and given him squat for the attitude alone...

in the end... my choice is to tip only where I see it necessary and by choice... and NOT REQUIRED...