as a society, we don't show aircraft pilots any gratitude and we should, amirite?

I'm not tipping an airline pilot

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I'm not clapping for them either. They did their job, congratulations.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I always clap and so do many people. Its fun

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I like to start a slow clap

by Anonymous 5 days ago

And sing Country Roads??

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I like to shout "oh my god, what the hell is that?!"

by Big-Imagination2149 5 days ago

avg get paid 100-190k at a regional and majors get 200-400k a year. i think they would legitimately laugh in your face if you gave them a tip

by Original_Presence_89 5 days ago

My husband is a commercial pilot. I pinky promise you he does not need tips. You wanna say thank you to the people who work your flights? Tip your flight attendants. They make worse than minimum wage in some states, and they put up with being sexually harassed by every type of customer you could imagine. The abuse they put up with is absolutely disgusting.

by mireille15 5 days ago

I guarantee you enough people are thanking them and telling them their job is cool daily. It would be really annoying to add 30minutes to de boarding because every Tom and Jane want to thank the pilot personally. How about instead of making it a requirement for society to thank a high paying person for doing their job, thank a low paying person for doing their job that no one wants to do like a janitor and gate agents and flight attendants.

by Big-Imagination2149 5 days ago

I always thank and see other people thank the flight crew and the pilot on the way out if they're there.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Offer to buy them a round when you see them at the airport Chili's

by jarodkuphal 5 days ago

😂😂

by Anonymous 5 days ago

2hours later drinking with the pilot PILOT: "Oh by the way, where you flying to?" ME: "Mexico!" PILOT: "NO WAY DUDE! THATS MY FLIGHT! HELL YEAH! We'll have a fun ride." ME: 👀👀🥲😬😬

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I'm sure that most of them feel like a large paycheck for doing something cool is okay.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I thank the crew when I get off the plane. I even tell them to have a good day if I'm feeling generous. Same goes for bus drivers, helicopter pilots and hot air balloon pilots.

by Grantalek 5 days ago

The only gratitude anyone needs for doing their job is the pay they receive from their employer. Anything else is virtue signaling theater.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

?? I can see a mandated show of appreciation being virtue signaling theater, but do you really think the individual choice of any person to thank their barista or janitor or bus driver is virtue signaling theater?

by Antonettemcglyn 5 days ago

Yes.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Wow. I truly hope I never meet you. You seem deeply unpleasant

by Antonettemcglyn 5 days ago

This is a great question. I'd confidently say it depend when and that goes for everybody. Anybody saying it never about virtue signaling or in order to gain something is either full of crap or have 0 self-awareness.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Don't agree. A teacher or a firefighter deserves more gratitude than a day trader for example.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

This is definitely an unpopular opinion.

by Familiar_Engine471 5 days ago

Glorified bus drivers

by Jarvis34 5 days ago

I was literally just talking to my brother about this the other night

by DotSuccessful4945 5 days ago

To be fair being a bus driver also entails being responsible for passengers and heavy amounts of stress

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Nice try Pilot!

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Are you in flight school OP be honest

by Dibbertreva 5 days ago

Pilots give themselves enough gratitude for the rest of us.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Im an airline pilot on the 787. 230+ passengers at a time. We do it for the love of flying and travelling around the world. We also don't want to die, if we get the plane on the ground safely for ourselves, everyone else also gets on the ground safely. Behind the scenes, so many people are working to make sure we do our job safely. Everyone should get a tip if we do.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Staying in swanky hotels and landing a bus safely to get paid as high as 350K a year does not deserve more recognition and respect. They get plenty. There are numerous other careers that deserve more respect than they currently receive. My father is a pilot and has an ego the size of Texas. As does 99% of pilots I've met. If you're curious if someone is a pilot, don't worry, they will tell you. If you clap when the plane lands, you sadden me and the rest of normal society.

by Rude_Examination7961 5 days ago

You are I don't know how many thousand % chance more likely to get into a bus accident than an airplane. Not to diminish their work (just like I wouldn't diminish anybody work) , but I don't see why they should get more praise than lets say, an housekeeper? Or an house builder?

by Anonymous 5 days ago

This being said I wish people would still clap. Loved it.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

lol it's mostly all automated systems nowadays and aupilot. They mainly are just watching out for issues, which are rare.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Bless you! So many idiots think the pilots just program this and that and the plane "takes off, flies, and lands itself". And they say "oh I could totally land a commercial plane" Bitch no you cant, trust me. Imagine having 100-500 lives in your hands once or twice a day and that everyone is counting on you for that. Pilots are 💯. They are underappreciated and underpaid if they are young and starting out.

by swiftcoleman 5 days ago

I'd tip a nurse before an airplane pilot.

by LayerDisastrous1930 5 days ago

Whenever I exit an aircraft, I always wish whoever is standing in the forward area a good morning, afternoon or evening, depending on when I'm flying. Sometimes the pilot or FO will stand up there.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

Eh, you can thank them all you want but the idea that pilots execute the job flawlessly is not particularly true. We just have a very safety-oriented culture and a lot of mechanisms to catch mistakes before they turn into disasters. It's pretty hard to mess up so bad that the aircraft is unrecoverable.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

A pilot wrote this, 100%.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

you want an unpopular opinion? say the same thing about a teacher

by Anonymous 5 days ago

This is 100% written by a pilot.

by Cristal80 5 days ago

If the pilots are standing by the door, I usually acknowledge and thank them. Buuuut at the same time, not only do they get paid a lot, they're probably doing what they love unlike the rest of us rats working a 9-5 under florescent lighting. It's nice to thank them, but if I were a pilot, I wouldn't care if people thanked me or not.

by Anonymous 5 days ago

I think the stewardesses give them all the gratitude they need!

by Independent_Treat 5 days ago

AYO!!!!

by Independent_Treat 5 days ago