Good golly, even at Eagle, I paid for my own ####! I don't want a free ride, and I sure as hell don't want some guy thinking I owe him ANYTHING just cause he bought me a martini! (There were a few exceptions to this, as I'll tell below....)
At both Eagle and AA we all often went out together, and we almost always got separate checks. That way everyone pays for their own, no questions asked.
Once nice CA in particular took us all (a full F-100 crew, so 4 of us) out out to dinner and before I could say "separate checks please" he told us he had it. It was the F/O's first trip off IOE (this was summer 2001, AA was hiring pilots at the time), it was the other F/A and my second month online with AA and he was feeling generous. Another time a CA (another F-100 guy) in YYZ picked up our entire bar tab.... it was well over $100. He outright refused money from ALL of us, F/O included who tried to give him $. He took a liking to me because I showed him our signature recipe for martinis. I lost track at 5 of those martinis between the 2 of us.... I miss the F-100, the crews on that plane were the shiznit. It was just like Eagle, only with more pay, better hotels, longer overnights and food!
At both Eagle and AA we all often went out together, and we almost always got separate checks. That way everyone pays for their own, no questions asked.
Once nice CA in particular took us all (a full F-100 crew, so 4 of us) out out to dinner and before I could say "separate checks please" he told us he had it. It was the F/O's first trip off IOE (this was summer 2001, AA was hiring pilots at the time), it was the other F/A and my second month online with AA and he was feeling generous. Another time a CA (another F-100 guy) in YYZ picked up our entire bar tab.... it was well over $100. He outright refused money from ALL of us, F/O included who tried to give him $. He took a liking to me because I showed him our signature recipe for martinis. I lost track at 5 of those martinis between the 2 of us.... I miss the F-100, the crews on that plane were the shiznit. It was just like Eagle, only with more pay, better hotels, longer overnights and food!