Do you tip your A&P?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:32:01 -0800, Carl Ellis
wrote:

Ron "Went to the college where Elsie the Cow is Buried" Wanttaja
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (This is true, BTW)

Ah, that a lot of bull! 8-)

If so, that apparently wasn't *milk* we got from Elsie... :-)

Ron Wanttaja

4 bucks an hour, MAN WERE YOU GETTING RIPPED OFF!!!!!!

Patrick

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
You know Peter what you say makes good sense. Back in the early 80's when
I got my A&P I was working for minimum wage for a small FBO in MO. He was
charging like $40 a hour for the work I did, but I was only getting $4 a
hour. I was young with very few expenses living at home with my parents
helping out on the farm. I was trying to build flight time so my boss did
help me out with a reduced airplane rental fee (basically paying for the
fuel plus a few bucks per hour). I was trying to gain experience. I
always did the best job that I could working on everyone's airplane and I
think my work was always appreciated.

Now that I am a little older (and wiser I think), I go out of my way to
say thank you to anyone that I encounter that goes above and beyond the
call of duty. It is usually in the form of a sincere thank you and
letting them know that they are doing a good job.

Jeff

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Michael Horowitz wrote:

I imagine circumstances dictate this to some degree, but if your A&P
does some work for you, do you tip him? Percentage? - Mike

Not a tip per se, but I gave both of my mechanics money for a
end-of-year/Christmas gift.

In my case, the mechanics are not self-employed, but rather employees of
a
large company. Thus, they are only paid a salary for the work they do on
my aircraft. The gift is my small way of thanking them for a year's
worth
of honest business and good work.

--
Peter

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In article , Ron Wanttaja says...
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Only if I find him asleep standing up, separated from the rest of the herd....

Ron "Cows with guns" Wanttaja

OK, Ron, that's low, even for you. How dare you udder such a thing?

Gimme a break, Dan..."To err is human, to forgive, bovine...." :-)


I can't believe I just herd that!! Your really milking this thread for all it's
worth. Lets see if this gets pasturized.

Chuck(I'm more of a chicken rustler)S

"Michael Horowitz" wrote in message
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I imagine circumstances dictate this to some degree, but if your A&P
does some work for you, do you tip him? Percentage? - Mike

No. I am a little disturbed about the rapidly growing list of people
expecting a tip. In fact, I am outraged that so many people will not do the
job they are being paid to do unless they are paid an additional bribe. It
speaks volumes about the lack of professional integrity in society.

Still, you should tip me for sightseeing flights and instruction, etc. :-)

No, WE are the ones getting ripped off for one line of message followed by
fifty lines of unsnipped download bandwidth.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
4 bucks an hour, MAN WERE YOU GETTING RIPPED OFF!!!!!!

Patrick

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
You know Peter what you say makes good sense. Back in the early 80's
when

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
No, WE are the ones getting ripped off for one line of message followed by
fifty lines of unsnipped download bandwidth.

Jim


My apologies Lord Jim of Internet land! Must remember to snip must remember
to snip! Ok , I think I got it now!
Patrick

In rec.aviation.owning Michael Horowitz wrote:
: I imagine circumstances dictate this to some degree, but if your A&P
: does some work for you, do you tip him? Percentage? - Mike

If he does exceptional, beyond the call of duty work I will tip him.
Especially as he does not charge his regular customers to borrow his
shop, tools, or expertise for short periods of time, nor does he charge
for inspecting work I have done and recording such in my logs.
--
Aaron Coolidge

Even in the early 80's you should have gotten at least twice what you
were paid. Heck I worked on lawnmowers in the 70's for $5 per hour.

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:

In article , Ron Wanttaja says...


Ron Wanttaja wrote:



Only if I find him asleep standing up, separated from the rest of the herd....

Ron "Cows with guns" Wanttaja


OK, Ron, that's low, even for you. How dare you udder such a thing?


Gimme a break, Dan..."To err is human, to forgive, bovine...." :-)




I can't believe I just herd that!! Your really milking this thread for all it's
worth. Lets see if this gets pasturized.

Chuck(I'm more of a chicken rustler)S



And that from a guy named CHUCK!!!!

AL

Carl Ellis wrote:


Ah, that a lot of bull! 8-)


You try to make everything sound so simple black and white.

AL