Does age 57 qualify as an "old guy?"

I wouldn't give in on 250 regional jets if somebody offered me a $10 million buyout. Nor wouldn't I take a pay raise at the expense of vacation, or of starting my flight pay at aircraft movement instead of break release.

If there is anybody out there lamenting the loss of this buyout, send him for a fitness for duty evaluation.

BTW, if you read the wording, this "incentive" was damn near unachievable anyway, as it was based on getting a JCBA and a SLI prior to achievement of a single operating certificate. The company knew that when it wrote it. It had no intention of playing a single one quarter-million buyout, just stirring the pot instead.