Tipping hotel van drivers

[CopilotDoug]

I don't get tipped for arriving on time either.[/qoute]

Do you tip your doctor or dentist? when you get an FAA medical do you tip?

Could it be the ones who became pilots did so to see what they could get out of the profession.... giving a tip isn't getting...

If I stated that the ones who tip are more custodians of the profession how strong would the reply be...

offended?


A 20K FO is understood.....

Four beers in me and you STILL don't make sense

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

I don't get tipped for arriving on time either.

Do you tip your Doctor or dentist?

I used to tip the van drivers but I have stopped doing so after I thought about it a little. I got tired of making sure I had a stack of ones everytime I went to work. Why should I tip, they are just driving me to work, its not like I'm on vacation, the hotel by contract is required to provide transportation. Besides, I never see regular hotel guests tipping, why as Airline employees are we required to pay for our ride? let the company provide the tip, I say.

My four year old is less self centered than you.....

You're too lazy to carry money and its the companies fault?

And so you'd rather stiff the driver, screw your fellow pilot and make it more difficult for him and you to get a ride to a decent restuarant....

More pro's.....

 

[CopilotDoug]

OK Rez...I see what you're saying now. But why do you have to criticize a fellow pilot and call them self centered and lazy just because they don't want to tip? Whether or not tipping will seriously affect the hotel transportation service is debateable and most likely negligable at best. Way to toss a fellow pilot under the bus for something as insignificant as tipping. It's good to know you're ALPA reps will stand behind you, if you conform to their expectations.

 

[QXpeon]

One morning, after dropping him off at the airport and not getting tipped again, they pulled his tab from the hotel bar the night before. It was time stamped and made for great reading when it came accross the Chief pilot's fax.

This is exactly why I (and I tell my FO's the same) never tip. Because of immature $hit like this.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

OK Rez...I see what you're saying now. But why do you have to criticize a fellow pilot and call them self centered and lazy just because they don't want to tip? Whether or not tipping will seriously affect the hotel transportation service is debateable and most likely negligable at best. Way to toss a fellow pilot under the bus for something as insignificant as tipping. It's good to know you're ALPA reps will stand behind you, if you conform to their expectations.

Becuase of the guys attitude.. it is all about him... And he is so blantent about it as well....

This profession doesn't work when everyone is trying to get what they can for themselves... being an Air Line Pilot is NOT like trying to get the last seat out during the fall of Siagon.....

This profession works best when all of us come to work trying to help each other out....

Guys that show to just fly thier trip and go home, don't look out for thier crew, and basically suck the life out of everyone else are the ones that complain the loudest about how miserable this job is.....

It gets old when you pull hard on the line only to look up and see your fellow pilot sitting on the load complaining............

 

[pilotfredl]

WOW. After reading this thead, I can say Im embarrassed to work with some of you guys. To say they have to "work harder for it", or the racist dude talking about "blasting mexicano music", etc. I guess this is a common courtesy thing you learn as a child or growing up, and it shows there are some punks in this industry that dont deserve to be here. Come on, how do you know this poor guy didnt have his boss breathing down his neck scrubbing tiles before picking you up, and then was yelled at the last minute to pick you guys up? To penalize the driver for not being there as soon as you walk out the terminal is ludacris. But I guess your pry the same person who never had to load your own freight in the back of some ********************ty airplane at all hours of the night and really pay your dues..........give the guy a buck you cheap bastard.

 

[V-1]

Keep tipping the van drivers every time they show up thirty minutes late then. That'll reinforce that type of behavior.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Keep tipping the van drivers every time they show up thirty minutes late then. That'll reinforce that type of behavior.

Most contracts allow pilots to hire a cab and expense the company if they have to wait. Be a man and excercise your CBA rights or ensure your NC is working the issue.... either way look in the mirror... all the answers are there...

 

[Papa Woody]

A $19,000/yr FO tipping a $50,000/yr van driver....yeah right!

 

[pilotfredl]

So if I make $10,000/yr working at the grocery store and order a pizza, should I not tip the delivery man?