12-05-2018Quote:
This could be a dangerous thread.... Originally Posted by sailingfun
We seem to have a growing number of pilots joining the flight attendants in future Sherpa training feeling the need to travel with everything they own. The standard bag tip anywhere in the world is a buck a bag not a buck for 3 or 4 bags. It's one of the reasons we get less then optimal service and timeliness from some drivers. If you have to travel with the kitchen sink and your blowup doll tip appropriately.
I agree. The informal "standard" is $1/bag. With that being said, ..
1) The "standard" is also for the van driver to take my bags and place them in the back of the van/car. (This doesn't always happen.) If I have to throw my bags in the back, then the Captain's and F/A bags, I'm not tipping the van driver. (Fact, not fiction.)
2) The "standard" in this great Country (#MAGA) is to leave a tip for someone who has gone above and beyond their normal duties in the line of work. (e.g. You leave a larger tip [20%+] for your server with better customer service.) With that being said, I don't see a minimum requirement to give each van driver a "participation medal" (tip) for doing their job, if the ride felt like an Indy 500 qualification run or I felt like the van ride endangered my life more than my Afghanistan deployment.
And lastly,
3) Sometimes I don't have more than $1 or $2 in my wallet. (Travel with plastic instead of cash.) We all have a choice in life. I don't receive tips from the passengers when I make a nice landing, or avoid a serious line of Thunderstorms. I don't feel bad about missing the $1/bag standard every once in a while either.
