5$US is nowhere near enough! People leave greater tips when they eat out. I've mused on this idea too and the sums are impressive.
First get your airline to remove the flightcrew costs from the price of the ticket. Then apply a "pilotage surcharge" per flight of £10 per captain and £6 per co-pilot. I'd worked on an average of 120 passengers per sector.
That's £480,000 per year for a captain and £288,000 per year for a co-pilot.
Makes you think, doesn't it. £16 per passenger per flight for the pilots' professional services isn't a great deal to pay, is it? So, just how much is each passenger actually "paying" the pilots through the ticket price at present? Without working it out, about £1.50 between them, I think.
