There are days though that you act like you have more money than brains.

I mean no offense by that, but I never hear you talk about money issues and have a problem with it, I am glad to hear that you have taken care of yourself. There are many more out there that are in the mist of severe desperation and really do not know what to do next.

I really think this was a fun thread talking about tip money, but the real theme is we are underpaid across the board, and we take it without lube.

Reeves

 

Exactly, be a professional not a pizza delivery guy. Would you really want money from a pax for doing your job by getting them somewhere SAFE and ontime.

I suggest we all look to Mr Pink for his wisdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgBGRfSvfxY

 

I'll drink to that! I don't believe we're even entertaining the thought on APC.

 

I'm against all forms of tipping. It seems everyone wants a tip. Where do you draw the line? Tipping the hotel van driver for something he's already getting paid for? We do the same thing as the van driver but their job requires a conciderable amount of less skill. Now dont get me started on food waiters!

 

Flying is SRS BSNS!

 

Why are pilots bound by something called the railway act? I can see how in the very early days, they would have just thrown us in with the trains, but I'd think that we've evolved sufficiently to have our own act by now.

 

I don’t know if we evolved sufficiently. We conquered flight in 1903 and yet we still cant make money doing it.

 

Sorry to break it to ya, but the media doesn't give two ****s about pilots.

 

I'm with those who think that a professional does not accept tips. The only people I think are the exception to this rule are waiters. And I only think that because the restaurants get away with paying them less than minimum wage because they've convinced somebody that tips are a part of their income, which is complete bovine excrement.

Even so, tipping really only seems appropriate when somebody does something for you that you could have done yourself. Waiters, cab drivers, pizza delivery drivers, and the like don't do anything that you couldn't have done. Tipping them is just a monetary "thank you" for keeping me from having to get up to get my food, drive to the airport, or go get my pizza. We do a job that our customers (typically) can't do for themselves, and therefore it's a skilled profession, and not one that should be tipped.

 

Than I'm gonna quit tipping my barber - I surely can't cut my own hair