Christmas Tipping

Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time? And if so, about how
much is customary?

Thanks.

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:23:41 -0500, "Steve"
wrote:

Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time? And if so, about how
much is customary?

Anything more than twenty degrees and he falls over.... :-)

Ron "Moo" Wanttaja

Sure I buy her something big and expensive....... for myself.
I do all my own work on my aircraft.
Michelle (A&P, ATP)

Steve wrote:

Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time? And if so, about how
much is customary?

Thanks.

Just brought him a pan of brownies....Every few weeks (or more often,
depending how often I get to the airport) I bring brownies or
Krispy Kreme....

Everyone should tip their mechanic.

$250,000 or so at least.

Cheers:

Paul
NC2273H
A&P

Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time? And if so, about how
much is customary?

No I don't. He charges high, I pay him and we're all happy.
But I do tip the guy who fuels my plane at my home base.
He's the guy who helps me put the wing covers on when it's windy.
He's the guy who brushes the snow off the tail of my 172 so it doesn't
sit with its nosewheel in the air,
He's the guy who goes out every monday and fills it if I forget to ask
on Sunday, so I never have to think about phoning for gas if I decide on
a whim to go night flying.
He's the guy who lets me dump all of my old oil in his waste drums,
He's the guy who let's me use his office to get weather briefings and
file a flight plan. Yeah - I tip him - he earns it.

Tony
--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time? And if so, about how
much is customary?

This is a joke, right?

My A&P makes more than most of my guests at our hotel. He drives a 42 foot
yacht on one of our larger inland lakes.

Tips he needs not.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time? And if so, about how
much is customary?

This is a joke, right?
My A&P makes more than most of my guests at our hotel. He drives a 42 foot
yacht on one of our larger inland lakes.

That is EXTREMELY unusual for a GA A&P.

--- Jay



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This is a joke, right?
My A&P makes more than most of my guests at our hotel. He drives a 42
foot
yacht on one of our larger inland lakes.

That is EXTREMELY unusual for a GA A&P.

Agreed.

Which is why he runs his shop from 10 AM till 2 PM daily (his partner -- a
retired grocery store manager -- hangs around until 4 PM), and then goes to
his full-time job as a mechanic for an air freight company that just changed
hands. He works on DC-9s until 10 PM daily.

He works on little planes because he loves it -- not because he needs to.
I think he'd probably laugh if I tried to tip him!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Steve wrote:

Do any of you tip your mechanic at Christmas time?

No.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.