An old family friend who's no longer with us, was telling a story about how he'd done a miner's charter back in the early 70's. He was with Dan Air.
At the end of the utterly uneventful flight, the lead chap from the union stood up, whipped his cap off and shouted "C'mon now lad's. Whip round for the driver!"
He tried to tell them it was utterly unnecessary, but they were having none of it, so he donated the money to the miners welfare charity instead.
Why don't we get pax like that now. Now we NEED the money up the front!