Flight Club
29709 Michigan Ave
Inkster, MI 48141
Breakdown of Fees and Fines
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I worked here for a night to check it out while in Detroit and now understand why dancers charge so much for their services. It isn't "GPS". It's that the club has a charge or a fine for almost anything and everything entertainers do. It's extremely expensive to work at this club as an entertainer. Selling a service for $200 or less doesn't even cover full tip out. The high fees are structured so that girls have to charge so much just so they can turn a profit and leave with something.
DJ $20
Mom $10
Freelance fee $75
Valet $8
VIP/House fee $100 after three songs
House fee and DJ need to be paid by 1:30 a.m. otherwise there is a fine tacked on of $50.
Entertainers are charged a $50 fine if they are late to stage and $100 if they miss stage.
There is no automatic skipping stage if somebody is in the VIP. If the dancer is more than three songs away from being on stage and wants to skip, it's a $50 skip fee. If the entertainer was called to stage within three songs, it's a $100 skip fee.
If entertainers are caught FaceTiming, on a phone call, or just on their phones way too much, they are fined $100. I was told being on our phones a little here and there is okay, but not excessively.
We are fined $100 if we sit on the countertops in the locker room.
If we are on schedule and miss a shift, it's $100 fine that has to be paid the next time we work. Schedules require a minimum of three days/nights. They can be any nights or days out of the week.
Leaving a shift early is $100 fine paid to the DJ.
Showing up before 6:30 p.m. is a fine, but I don't remember what the fine is. They do this because it's a small locker room and they have a lot of day shift and night shift girls coming and going and they want to minimize clutter in the locker room.
Day shift is not allowed to stay over and both shifts are completely separate of each other.
Normal lap dances are $30 per song and tableside dances are allowed at $15 a song.
Any dancer that is not on stage for 7 p.m. stage review is automatically late and it's a $50 fine.
If we're on stage for that review, we have to stay on the floor and entertain whatever customers are left over from day shift and are not allowed to return to the locker room again until 8 p.m. If we leave the floor, it's a $50 fine I was told.
I missed the part about the late fees after 8 p.m., but it does go up... I just forget the increments.
There's a sign in the locker room that says we are forbidden from discussing "sex talk" while on the floor. I assume that's meant to be between dancers so that nobody can overhear. Everyone in the locker room was quiet about what they do and nobody asked questions. I got the feeling a lot of the girls I worked with knew each other and were all regular entertainers there.
Oh, there's also a $50 fine if we are not up for final review at the end of the night. The exception to this, of course, is if the entertainer is in VIP doing a dance or whatever.
Flight Club makes it almost impossible to work as a non extras dancer while trying to take some kind of profit home. The high prices that everybody complains about aren't necessarily the girls having "golden pussy syndrome", but moreso so the club can get paid and so we can leave with some income. If a girl is a freelancer and late for her shift, she already owes the bar almost $300 as soon as she walks in.
Hopefully this better explains the high prices at this club.
Also, other than cocaine, I didn't see much drug use. Girls aren't allowed to lock the bathroom in the locker room, which minimizes drug use. There also weren't a lot of extremely drunk girls, and those who were drunk held their composure very well. Also, not saying which girls (but I do know at least six) have pimps/squads. I know the girls from one of the squads are with their pimp by choice. I actually followed this pimp on Instagram and they all live in the same house. I follow those girls on Instagram as well and they seem really happy with their lives outside of work.
DJ $20
Mom $10
Freelance fee $75
Valet $8
VIP/House fee $100 after three songs
House fee and DJ need to be paid by 1:30 a.m. otherwise there is a fine tacked on of $50.
Entertainers are charged a $50 fine if they are late to stage and $100 if they miss stage.
There is no automatic skipping stage if somebody is in the VIP. If the dancer is more than three songs away from being on stage and wants to skip, it's a $50 skip fee. If the entertainer was called to stage within three songs, it's a $100 skip fee.
If entertainers are caught FaceTiming, on a phone call, or just on their phones way too much, they are fined $100. I was told being on our phones a little here and there is okay, but not excessively.
We are fined $100 if we sit on the countertops in the locker room.
If we are on schedule and miss a shift, it's $100 fine that has to be paid the next time we work. Schedules require a minimum of three days/nights. They can be any nights or days out of the week.
Leaving a shift early is $100 fine paid to the DJ.
Showing up before 6:30 p.m. is a fine, but I don't remember what the fine is. They do this because it's a small locker room and they have a lot of day shift and night shift girls coming and going and they want to minimize clutter in the locker room.
Day shift is not allowed to stay over and both shifts are completely separate of each other.
Normal lap dances are $30 per song and tableside dances are allowed at $15 a song.
Any dancer that is not on stage for 7 p.m. stage review is automatically late and it's a $50 fine.
If we're on stage for that review, we have to stay on the floor and entertain whatever customers are left over from day shift and are not allowed to return to the locker room again until 8 p.m. If we leave the floor, it's a $50 fine I was told.
I missed the part about the late fees after 8 p.m., but it does go up... I just forget the increments.
There's a sign in the locker room that says we are forbidden from discussing "sex talk" while on the floor. I assume that's meant to be between dancers so that nobody can overhear. Everyone in the locker room was quiet about what they do and nobody asked questions. I got the feeling a lot of the girls I worked with knew each other and were all regular entertainers there.
Oh, there's also a $50 fine if we are not up for final review at the end of the night. The exception to this, of course, is if the entertainer is in VIP doing a dance or whatever.
Flight Club makes it almost impossible to work as a non extras dancer while trying to take some kind of profit home. The high prices that everybody complains about aren't necessarily the girls having "golden pussy syndrome", but moreso so the club can get paid and so we can leave with some income. If a girl is a freelancer and late for her shift, she already owes the bar almost $300 as soon as she walks in.
Hopefully this better explains the high prices at this club.
Also, other than cocaine, I didn't see much drug use. Girls aren't allowed to lock the bathroom in the locker room, which minimizes drug use. There also weren't a lot of extremely drunk girls, and those who were drunk held their composure very well. Also, not saying which girls (but I do know at least six) have pimps/squads. I know the girls from one of the squads are with their pimp by choice. I actually followed this pimp on Instagram and they all live in the same house. I follow those girls on Instagram as well and they seem really happy with their lives outside of work.
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There was another sign on locker room that said they have a zero-tolerance of harassment and bullying from other dancers, too.
There were several other postings throughout the locker room, but the only other one that had a fine attached to it was no weed pens. Girls are allowed to vape, but no weed or weed pens at all. (I don't vape or smoke anything, so I didn't care much about that.)
In past years dancers told me about having $90 to $120 tip outs and they did not pay so many fines. It must be frustrating for a dancer to work all day and go home with less money than she had when she arrived. It's been 4 years since my ATF worked there, but even she (a very beautiful girl) used to complain about sometimes being in the red when she went home.
The Flight Club's business model is to make more profit from the dancers than the customers. Customers pay for drinks, valet parking, entrance fee (free during the day), coat check, booth seating, and VIP bouncer fee. For me, this adds up to less than the dancers' tip out (as long as I don't buy too many drinks for dancers).
The closing of the Penthouse and the general crack down in clubs within the City of Detroit has given FC the opportunity to jack up its prices.
The manager literally told me they consider themselves the best and classiest in the state. And to stay that way, they only want the best and classiest entertainers. The DJ said a few fines could be waived if for obvious reasons (emergency in the bathroom with girl problems, waiting on a customer at the atm, etc.), but the fines are there to essentially produce a scare tactic in a way so that we do behave while on shift. Hopefully that makes sense.
While the fees sound exorbitant it's just supply and demand. 8 mile clubs get repressed by the city and the other clubs reap the profit. Landing Strip is nearby as well as the Dearborn clubs and I understand the tip outs are much more reasonable there. If things lighten up again on 8 mile I would think pressure to compete would drive $ down.
Does the club provide any value for their high fees and rules? Feeling like staff has your back against jerks? How is the dancer-to-customer ratio?
Otherwise, Idk why not just escort.
Or in some clubs they get a cut of dances or total earnings. Or at Palazio, I’ve heard of DJs coming after dancers for money after they close cabanas.
I think DJs exist to keep us dancers in line more so than as an actual service. Just like house moms...
To get their normal $10 or $20 tipout for the shift or to get additional $ beyond the normal tipout?
I agreed to work here to check it out for a night and gather this intel. My fees were waived on the first night, so I only had to pay the DJ and house mom. I reported all of this hoping to better clear up why prices are so high. Don't go if you can't afford to get sucked off at their rates. It's that simple.
Yes! The staff was pleasant and respectful. All of the bouncers were friendly (opposed to Legends where they seem all pissed off and grumpy). We were provided a buffet in the locker room. The club itself was really clean and it's beautiful inside.
The VIP attendant talked to us about what to do if we get aggressive or disrespectful customers or customers that refuse to pay.
The bar staff didn't ignore us (opposed to Legends). The DJ was super helpful in answering any questions we had.
I actually felt respected there. And the customers were well behaved and acted like gentlemen.
When my friend and I were put on the list at 9 p.m., there was 37 girls. More came in after us. But we went up three times last night and it's a five song rotation.
It was the Christmas party and the club was decently full until around 1 a.m. Many of the entertainers left early. There was still spending customers and VIP had a line at least twice throughout the night. One girl told me last weekend was better. It's the weekend before Christmas, so I considered that when the club had open booths around 1:30 am.
I'm going to check it out again, but not for another few weeks.
Complaining is when guys piss and moan about prices or girls not acting as expected, thus almost every review is more of a complaint than this report.
Tell you what... Next time, I'll audio record and just post everything if that helps.
Seriously, chill the fuck out. I'm only trying to help you pervs understand better and help future interested girls.
WCG
So, what's the "solution?" Should the overcharged dancers seek employment elsewhere; Landing Strip and Criket are pretty close? Should the customers seek entertainment elsewhere? Or is there a niche for a high end club for high rollers?
I spoke with dancers and staff about this topic quite a bit over the last couple years, and I’m aware of most the fees. Some colors: the rules are definitely strictly enforced, but for specific dancers for specific rules exceptions can be worked out beforehand if there are good reasons. Eg one of the dancers I see OTC regularly is in school, so she can be 2 hr (but only 2hr) late for her shifts. Also, if a dancer basically never break rules and is friendly with the manager, then rare infractions are more likely to be forgiven.
My take is they see themselves as an “high end establishment” and they seem to take that and thus running the club very seriously. It’s pretty unusual for a strip club, especially for an extras club. But if you look past the nature of the business, and if you compare it to say a nice/fancy restaurant, then the rules are not really that egregious. I.e. in all high end service industries there are very strict rules meant to create a specific experience.
I personally appreciate they run a tight ship and the experience that results from it. Just my own take; to each his own.
@jackslash I've worked at numerous clubs in the area and in Florida. Should I just do this for those clubs, too? Like Silver Criket's prices are low because they have a lower tip out. My intel would be over a year old. I'll write up similar things, but would it still be acceptable if the info is that old?
Oh I get it.
Penthouse and Colosseum I used to consider as roughly equivalent clubs with similar fees and options with the dancers. Penthouse is now closed, Colli has lost its curtains (as well as the rest of those clubs I understand). They are also under regular police harrassment. This has played out well for Flight Club and they know it.
Again, appreciate your contribution here. Excellent thread 👍
I like to change, fix my makeup, and freshen up with perfume and deodorant in the middle of the night and couldn't. Also, at the end of the night, the house mom put all of those bags in the middle of the floor in the dressing room, so anyone could grab anyone's bag.
The locker room is pretty big. It's basically two rooms. Walking in, it's mirrors and counter tops and a desk for the Mom. Then to the left is a bathroom with shower and all of the lockers. So, like a locker room and dressing room in one.
Last night, I found out lockers are only available to girls on schedule (told to me by a day shifter who was working downtown).
For this club, that DJ is most likely an independent contractor and NOT a club employee, thus why we had to pay him separate of the house fee.
In contrast, the DJ at the Deja Vu I worked for was an employee and we were not obligated to give him any money (but could tip him otherwise).
When I worked at one club in Detroit, the club paid that dj if a select number of girls did NOT show up to work his shift. However, if they reached or exceeded that number, the DJ was paid by the girls and not the club.
Hopefully that all makes sense. It depends on if the DJ is an employee or independent contractor.
First, as a PL , I agree FC is one of the best clubs I've been to across the nation.
From a standpoint of fees..... it appears most can be avoided if dancers follow the rules. I know that's alot to ask. That's probably one reason we stillness see a few diamonds in the rough at bogies and cricket.
Question...... are fees the same on Saturday as they are for Monday or Tuesday?
Aham - it would be completely illogical and stupid if the fees varied by day. Does your salary or hourly wage change depending on the day? Come on.
I'm guessing that DJs are independent contractors at many places, and pay for the privilege of being tipped by dancers.
One of the club's I work at has roughly 60 girls on Fridays and Saturdays and the dj gets $20 per girl.
Also, I apologise for being pretentious about varying fees by days. If that were a thing at this club, I would have mentioned it in my lengthy and in depth report.
There is one club I worked at in downtown Detroit (Bouzouki) where they did that only if there was a home sporting event. The Lions, Red Wings, and Tigers stadiums are all downtown and minutes from that club. If there was a home game, they would tack on an additional $25 or $30 fee (it's been years since, but it was one of those prices) to tip out. Their tip out was paid in one lump sum and the club would then pay the mom and dj after. Tip out still works like that, but I've heard that club stopped charging extra to work home game nights.
That is the only club in metro Detroit that has done that that I know of. Criket, Flight, Legends, Traffic Light, BT's, Deja Vu, Trumpps, Coliseum, Players, and Centerfold don't do that. And Centerfold is the least expensive tip out in the area at $30/shift (8pm start time and includes dj and house fee; no house mom there).
Some girls there were drunk, but nobody seemed sloppy enough to where they weren't aware or alert of what was going on.
Someone wrote a review of Flight on the same night I was there, too.
It's a club I plan to work at again eventually.
So, Eden and Babes in Pensacola don't have house moms. But I paid $15 to the house (that included the DJ at Eden) at both and $15 to the DJ at Babes. Eden asked for $5 out of every $40 couch dance (I sold more dances by selling $30 dances though). Babes logged your couch dances and would add an extra amount owed to your final tip out at the end of the night, but would be counted after the first three dances. The VIP at Babes is $130 for 15 mins, but the club takes $30 of that.
Also, house moms and djs usually pay tip out to the club (or from what I was told by a house mom). This mom in particular told me she only keeps $7 out of every $10 given to her. I don't know how much the djs keep out of $20. Girls tip moms and djs extra though.
Porter's/barbacks are the real money makers. They get hourly and tipped out by waitstaff and bartenders.
The fee/fine craziest to me is the $50 to $100 stage skip fee that applies even if the dancer is in VIP with a custy. All clubs I've been to, the floor guys know who's in VIP or not and if the DJ calls that dancer's name for upcoming stage show, the floor guys correct the DJ and the DJ then calls another dancer's name to get ready for stage.
I guess word to the wise at FC is to go to VIP right after a girl's stage set unless you are going to be quick?
I'll try to handle things that way regardless of the club. Helps the vibe if we're not both half listening for a mush mouthed DJ to call her to stage.