WTH with the transportation??
05-12-2022, 10:26 AM
#64
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I also leave a tip for the maids but no need to go down that rabbit hole.
05-12-2022, 12:11 PM
#65
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Ok, but that was, what, in the 90s-mid 2000s? When you account for the inflation, we are remarkably similar in terms of real dollars. Not to mention some us new guys (include me) are likely to either be furloughed or hurt bad in the recession. Airlines are now showing a reduction in bookings.
I'm not saying 1st year pay is poverty, but having to tip a couple of dollars each and every van ride will add up each month.
I'm not saying 1st year pay is poverty, but having to tip a couple of dollars each and every van ride will add up each month.
05-12-2022, 08:07 PM
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Ok, but that was, what, in the 90s-mid 2000s? When you account for the inflation, we are remarkably similar in terms of real dollars. Not to mention some us new guys (include me) are likely to either be furloughed or hurt bad in the recession. Airlines are now showing a reduction in bookings.
I'm not saying 1st year pay is poverty, but having to tip a couple of dollars each and every van ride will add up each month.
I'm not saying 1st year pay is poverty, but having to tip a couple of dollars each and every van ride will add up each month.
I always tipped and you can too, don’t be “that” guy.
05-13-2022, 03:06 AM
#68
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Nope your first year pay is not remarkably similar today as compared to mine in 1997. Not even close, not to mention we had to pay for our own housing during initial training, all reserve was short call, just to name a couple of other things that have been dramatically improved.
I always tipped and you can too, don’t be “that” guy.
I always tipped and you can too, don’t be “that” guy.
I always tipped as a halfwinger and I survived.
I've also been furloughed twice for almost 9 years total, on LTD for 3 years for cancer, and upgraded at the first opportunity ~18 1/2 years after I got hired.
Everyone has a financial sob story to tell. However, pilot financial sob stories are much more trivial than the financial sob stories of van driver and other service workers who work for tips.
05-13-2022, 04:22 PM
#69
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Tip who you want, how much you want. I wont think any more or less of you.
05-15-2022, 09:02 PM
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$2 for the hotel van
$5 for the limo drivers
Buy beer and food for every FO that tips, but not if they don't.
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