Originally Posted by
hjs1971
You tip the cab/van driver on the way to the airport, the skycap, starbucks girl/waitress at the airport, why not the most important person on that trip, the pilot(s) that get you there?
Many pilots would consider tips an insult, because of the implication that passengers have the right to judge the quality of the pilot's work. Almost none of them are qualified to make such a judgment, even though they frequently do so. Besides, management and the IRS would start to include "imputed tip income" in our salaries, and act accordingly.