Voted? Who voted? You mean the MEC, because the pilots certainly had no say in this.

There are probably a few sour captains here who would want a chunk of money for whatever reason. I'm sure there are a few that felt they spent way too long as an FO and might deserve some. But one thing most everyone here agrees on is the fact that none of the company's feel-good numbers work if they don't have FO's in line to fill the vacated CA seats. Nice touch to add some dosh for recruits with 121 time as well.

It's about damn time.

Those alter-Eagles can say whatever they want, but these retention bonuses have been needed for a while. There's no point in offering retention bonuses to captains who are going to flow or get picked up by majors much more quickly than FOs. We need CA's to leave to make room for upgrades, not sit around collecting more cash.

*I'm a captain here, so it's not some FO griping about the guys blocking his way.