Would it have been wrong for JJ23 to have kept a tally of the F&B the crew had and deduct that from the tip?

I agree that better communication at the beginning or before the charter would have help. As BEERMAN said, TTOL was very valuable for my first and only charter. Because of you all I asked all the right questions beforehand and our charter went very smoothly. In fact, we are still in contact with the crew and had dinner recently with them in Charlotte.

However, I'm still troubled by the crew drinking as JJ23 said. That part would have bothered me more than the food.