Serious idea!
07-07-2008 | 03:38 PM
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I will throw out my two cents on this one. Although I am sure I will get some comments back about it, I am actually a pilot who has received tips. It only happened a few times, but when it did, I did not feel bad at all receiving the money. I took it as a compliment when the passengers thought that our service was good enough to deserve a tip. I should mention that I was flying 30 pax charter at the time though.
07-07-2008 | 03:42 PM
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07-07-2008 | 05:37 PM
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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.
07-07-2008 | 05:39 PM
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07-07-2008 | 06:13 PM
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I will throw out my two cents on this one. Although I am sure I will get some comments back about it, I am actually a pilot who has received tips. It only happened a few times, but when it did, I did not feel bad at all receiving the money. I took it as a compliment when the passengers thought that our service was good enough to deserve a tip. I should mention that I was flying 30 pax charter at the time though.
I love to fly, and if the folks appreciate my work with a tip, I will not complain.
07-07-2008 | 06:30 PM
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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.
07-07-2008 | 06:31 PM
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07-07-2008 | 06:34 PM
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Sure they could have driven from China to Germany, or swam from Miami to South Africa. We are doing something they can't. That is, move them (safely) at high speeds.
07-07-2008 | 06:43 PM
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I shared this suggestion with several friends, all of us working for a regional, though not pilots, the one thing that will backfire this entire tipping idea is pax already being dogged throughout the flight for a soda, peanuts, extra leg room, etc. etc. The pax don't know enough about the efforts of the flight crew during that flight to consider tipping, they'll still be ****ed about paying for everything in addition to their seat.
07-07-2008 | 07:02 PM
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I don't comment often, but when I started reading this thread I felt like I had to chime in. I don't like tipping, at all. In fact I hate it. Now, I am a great tipper and have worked for tips a lot in my life but I have to take the side that tipping is horrible idea for this industry. What little pride remains with this job would be out the window. The perception of our salaries does need to change and there are ways to do that, but please don't let it come to tips.
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