Byline: Tom Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Squeezed between cash-strapped airlines and tight-fisted passengers, the nation's skycaps are feeling the pinch - and fighting back.
Many passengers have stopped tipping the skycaps since the airlines imposed a $2 fee for curbside baggage handling, according to the familiar porters at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Now they have joined a class-action lawsuit to demand compensation for the lost income.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Reagan Airport skycaps against US Airways and Prime Flight Aviation Services Inc., which has a contract to provide skycaps to the airline.
Airlines started imposing the ...