Originally Posted by
andili61
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
It's effectively $20,000 for current Delta CRJ FOs to stay through 2018. I'm not going to say that alone is a good enough reason to stay, but it's a step in the right direction.