I totally understand that. The flow may slow down one day. It may have hiccups. The airline may not even exist in 5 years. I have no idea. They also may raise the first year pay to get more new hires here finally, It has fallen behind everyone and they know it. They may up things to an Endeavor style bonus and steal all their new hires if things go the hell. Who knows?

To be honest. A month ago I would have said they would have never caved and gave us $$$. I thought AAG would NEVER in a million years give our current FO's 20K bonuses. That is a big step in the right direction from them for once. Unheard of in the past with these people. They said they wouldn't give us any retention or any kind of bonus ever just a matter of months ago, yet they just did it out of necessity. Who's to say they won't give more when this scheme isn't enough to try and fight off total collapse of their regional love fest? This is probably just a feeler amount to see if it works. These cheapskates weren't going to go all in yet if they don't have too. If they do decide to pay up like Endeavor in the future, those big classes they are getting over there will be in trouble because this place would all of a sudden be a better choice with a straight no interview flow + $$$.

A lot of things "could" happen.