17 gs! thats not too far fetched, a lot of hospitals offer huge bonuses to nurses! they even pay for school, if you sign a long enough contract! These bonuses are sure signs that the industry is changing and the ball is now in the pilots court!

I still feel that a crazy sign on bonus is treating a symptom instead of the problem. You cant fight cancer with asprin and you cant fix a chain saw wound with a band-aid. Eventually the airlines will kind of start to realize this and will maybe try to make this career more appealing!