A tip to airlines: Bag fees can pinch back; Skycaps file suit for lost income.(PAGE ONE)

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 ...

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