This is killing me!!!

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Joe Johnson" wrote in message
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It's a bad analogy. In a restaurant I pay for the food and tip for
the
service. If I'm being charged directly for parking why would I tip
for
parking?


The analogy is sound...You would pay for the parking spot and tip for
the service.

With that being said there seems to be no rhyme or reason to tipping.
It seems to go by custom. It has nothing to do with what you have
already paid for. Take the barber shop for example. Why tip the guy
or gal when you just paid for the service? I don't know the answer to
that question, but it is customary to tip at the barber or a hotel room
for the maid service (whether you do or not is up to you). It is
perfectly logical to ask if it is customary to tip the lineboy. So
I'll ask the question too...is it?

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The analogy is sound...You would pay for the parking spot and tip for
the service.


What service? Are we talking about valet aircraft parking? Telling me
where to park my airplane is not providing me with any service. It's a bad
analogy.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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The analogy is sound...You would pay for the parking spot and tip for
the service.


What service? Are we talking about valet aircraft parking? Telling me
where to park my airplane is not providing me with any service. It's a
bad
analogy.


Bringing me the food I ordered is not a service, that is what they are paid
for.

"Allen" wrote in message
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Bringing me the food I ordered is not a service, that is what they are
paid
for.


What are they paid by the restaurant to bring your food to you?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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What are they paid by the restaurant to bring your food to you?

Not much, that's why the waitpeople depend on tips. If you don't tip for
decent service, you're being cheap.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

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It is perfectly logical to ask if it is customary to tip the lineboy. So
I'll ask the question too...is it?

I would want to know if the linespeople depend on tips as part of their
salary, like waitpeople in restaurants. I, too, have wondered whether
tipping linespeople is customary. Sometimes the behavior of the employee
will tell you if they are waiting for a tip.

Once at an airport, I had a lineguy lead me to a parking spot. After I shut
down, he chocked the nosewheel and put a red mat outside my door for me to
step on. He asked if I needed fuel, which I didn't. He didn't stick around,
so I assumed that he didn't want or expect a tip. I haven't been to many big
airports, but the treatment there seemed tip-worthy to me. At almost all the
airports I've been to, you are left to your own devices to find a spot and
no one greets you, so this experience stands out for me.

At my home airport, there are no fees and the guy who runs the airport
usually does the fueling. I don't believe he expects a tip by virtue of his
position.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

Allen wrote:

Bringing me the food I ordered is not a service, that is what they are paid
for.

Actually, it's not. Many places in this area actually charge the wait staff to
allow them to work there. Even where that is not the case, they are usually paid
little or nothing. They really are working for the tips.

George Patterson
He who marries for money earns every penny of it.

Between renting the ramp space, the insurance and the cost of staffing the
place (not to mention inane TSA regulations), and the low volume of traffic,
I don't see how these charges are out of line. The airport charges the FBO
and the FBO charges you. I'd say we're getting one hell of a bargain (but,
don't tell any FBO owners that I said so :-)).

-Rob
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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If you don't want to pay these fees you can limit your flying to fields
without FBOs.

???

You don't find charging $15 to park a Spam Can for 90 minutes to be
excessive?

I don't know where you fly, but here in the Midwest that FBO would be
ostracized out of existence.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

mindenpilot wrote:

What makes it worse is they said, "There's no fee if you get 15
gallons of fuel".
That sounded OK to me. I was almost full anyway.
18 gallons of fuel at $3.73 a gallon!

Hard to see how providing a second option "makes it worse". 15 gallons
is a pretty small number, so I think this option takes quite a bit of
the sting out of having to otherwise spend $15 for pretty close to
nothing.

Jim Rosinski

"Rob Montgomery" wrote in message ...
Between renting the ramp space, the insurance and the cost of staffing the place (not to mention inane TSA
regulations), and the low volume of traffic, I don't see how these charges are out of line. The airport charges the
FBO and the FBO charges you. I'd say we're getting one hell of a bargain (but, don't tell any FBO owners that I said
so :-)).

-Rob


What subsidies to the feds give to the airport? There should be a public transient parking area for (pick a time) short
term use...