This retention bonus announcement to be paid in 2019 sounds more like an insult than a real deal. Why would FO's stay almost 13 months from now, just to get only 10k. It's time for a new contract or be gone. Expressjet estrategy to retain pilots is: 1) No pay increase, but bonus until 1.1 years. 2) spread rumor that United buy us so people would think twice before leaving