2. Luggage Transport at the Airport
Those people that transfer your luggage onto the plane make more money than many of the pilots flying the plane itself. You know, it obviously costs a lot of money and time to become a pilot. You can go to flight school or learn to fly in the military.
They require you to fly 1,500 hours before you can get your commercial airline pilot certification. The upside is that being a pilot has a sense of prestige and a fairly exciting life. A skycap is the service person that checks in luggage when you arrive at the airport. They help people get through the airport terminals, help you figure out where the shuttle is and when it’s coming.
They are pretty much your concierge at the airport, making life easy. People like easy, they appreciate easy and they will most certainly pay for whatever convenience they get at the airport.
Skycaps don’t make a great hourly wage but they can still make between $75,000 to $100,000 in tips per year. It’s not a luxurious job to be a lackey at the airport but when you’re making that kind of money, glory is secondary. One CEO of a skycaps company said that many of his attendants don’t even cash their salary checks. The big money is in the tips they make.