As a member, I am embarrassed that the General is going to go to the airlines for answers. How about you listen to your people! This is exactly why there is a retention problem.

More so, they created the retention problem. Circa 2006 we saw two rounds of voluntary separations which paid $100k to Captains and Majors to leave. Before that we saw involuntary separations for LTs and Junior captains. Guess what rank those people would be today and who would be eligible for pay bonuses?

If I were active duty I'd be worried sick about a potential stop loss. We've seen stop losses announced for smaller issues.

I'm so glad I dropped retirement paperwork. See ya chair force.