Basingstoke, I think it means you have to pay extra if you want to land... I suppose you round up a few euro for the tip, as usual!

I do love this one. Can anyone find any BillyandBettyJones' or Muffin's threads? (Squeek, squeek!)

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Ok, my best tip story

I flew Air New Zealand on an internal flight and the company had been going through a cost reduction exercise and our short flight coffee and muffins came around with the following announcement.

"Gentlemen and Ladies. In the box in front of you are the muffins that Air NZ are offering you, we thought you deserved better so here are the muffins that the staff have bought you" massive muffins come around next to tiny ones in company colours " no tips please, we are proud to fly you".

Round of applause.

Ends.

Perhaps the passengers should have had a whip-round for a roll of gaffer tape for this pilo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28778728

Now there is a modern twist to this. I saw on the news that a hotel in CA is having room service delivered by a robot. So, how much do you tip a robot? Come to think of it, an airplane flies most of its route on autopilot. Is the autopilot tipped separately or does the pilot share the tips?

>>So, how much do you tip a robot? <<

A couple of squirts of 3-in-1 oil should do it. But be discreet about it.

If I am not carrying 3-in-1 oil, would astrolube do, considering we are at 30,000 feet?

I think the tip of the robot would be fine with a bit of vaseline or KY jelly, am I wrong?

Slick answer, GD!

I slid home on that one

I have some good ones to add, but I think the best tip is that we had better stop this before we get shafted, don't you think?

True, we might tip over into the deep end soon.

I have been looking forward to this re-surfacing.

Tipping would depend on whether the pilot is directing an aircraft or a ship.

Great thread, thanks for bumping.

I was at a piano bar and patrons would tip the pianist for playing special requests. I think that would work nicely for pilots as well and they could augment their income by doing barrel rolls, loops, etc., upon request for an appropriate monetary consideration. It would entertain the passengers as well on long boring flights.

For the pilot, $20.00 should be good, but only in the event of a successful landing.

I'll tip him extra if he flies low enough below the clouds to see Greenland as we cross the ocean.

If the pilot takes me to Hawaii instead of my business trip destination, I will tiiiiiiiiippppp himmmmmmm

basingstoke2, you have my vote for best idea!

I love old threads like this. It's fun to see the names of posters who have been here for years. It's also great to re-read posts from our dear departed posters such as LoveItaly. I miss her terribly.