since I am on a low income, I sneak into the pilots cabin and give personally give them a tip, and they smile and smile and smile and smile. Tipping is actually a public service.

Tip the pilot very low; just like your I. Q. I doesn't take much to make idiots laugh.

Now that some of the airlines are asking their pilots to take 10% and more in pay cuts shouldn't we increase the amount of the tip? I think 22% of the full fare ticket value of your seat to the pilot, 18% to the flight attendents, and 10% to the ground crew (per person, not for the whole crew) would be about right.

If you people really cared about us poor underpaid pilots you would be giving us bigger tips. It is hard to make ends meet on my meager pay. I may have to let one of the vacation homes go this year and turn in the leased Porche and Land Rover. But, if my tips would increase just a bit I may be able to keep the house in Aspen.

I don't understand. Is it 15% of your ticekt price or 15% of the pilot's salary? But is it really polite to ask a pilot how much he makes?

I don't mind tipping the pilot, but I just hate it when he comes down the aisle and says: "Hi my name is ________ and I'll be your pilot today." Often, they'll squat down so they are at your eye level. And if you ask for a nice flight they say "no problem". Then, they check on you every minute and a half . . . .

Only if the pilot wears black,otherwise I think he is in need of our fashion advice more than a tip.<BR>So then we get out our Vogue issues and give those away.<BR>I have noticed that a thin man from Philadelphia, is prone to handing out shopping advice to the entire crew when he sees those Flying Fashion Faux Pas~

I was so embarrassed with my new husband! We tipped $100 on a $1000 flight for 6 -- and the pilot chased us out of the plane.<BR><BR>(if this makes no sense to you, go to the US site)<BR>

Lol, it made Perfect sense:O)<BR>

tipping? how much is the norm now since the planes are more secure?

When traveling over the Xmas holidays I always buy and gift wrap individual Christmas balls to give to the check-in agent and she/he always bumps me up to first class. (Don't I wish)

C'mon guys - let's all pitch in and help Cap'n Bob out. I don't think I'll be able to sleep nights if he loses that condo in Aspen!

How much should I give my travel agent and the counter person at check in and what about the security person. I just want to keep giving away my US$.

You don't need to tip the pilots after the flight. They prefer for you to buy them a round of drinks at the airport bar before the flight.

Too late. I quit claimed it to US Air and those bozos put it into their assets list for the bankruptcy court. I thought I had it sold to some guy from Houston named Lay (Fritos heir I think) but the deal flipped a couple of months ago.<BR><BR>Now I'm hearing there are layoffs coming, so I've got my application into a bunch of other carriers, mostly Euros flying from Luton to Dusseldorf for seven dollars a pop. What chance do you think I'll have for tips on those cattle cars? Stinkin' industry...

Well well Bob so I find you at last. Please send me the back child support as the boys need shoes and Judith needs new braces. They are the laughing stock of the neighborhood now because they do not have new Nike shoes for school. I am so ashamed, and I may have to put the McMansion on the market soon if you don't pay up sucker. My Mercedes is also in dire need of an oil change!

ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DO NOT TIP FA OR PILOTS ON COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS..PERIOD...I AM AWARE YOU ARE A TROLL AND MOST PEOPLE ANSWERING THIS ARE TROLLS..HOWEVER...SOME PEOPLE MAY ACTUALLY NOT KNOW ANY BETTER.

Please get a life...this is funny! Anyone who reads the thread will realize it is a tongue-in-cheek reaction to all the "who do I tip" questions.

Great laughs!

Oh mygoodness! You mean I don't have to tip the pilot? I've could of save hundreds over the years. Who should I call to get my money back?