A lot of people who boast they are great to fly usually aren't. However moving on, the reason they aren't giving any increase in retention bonus to captains is because they know they don't have to. They know the really senior guys aren't going anywhere, why pay them more? Every other captain that has the potential to move on, will do so the exact minute they get a class date at Delta, United, Southwest, etc. An extra 10K is not going to retain any captain from leaving for a sold future at a mainline carrier and the company knows it. In the meantime those same guys waiting for a call sit tight regardless. The company isn't as dumb as many think they are.