Forgive me for not entirely getting your point.

No, I don’t think it will be a game changer. I think it will be a really nice addition to their contract. I don’t think a large percentage of pilots honestly pay enough attention to retirement when making career decisions. I believe it has more to do with retention and CBA priorities than attracting new applicants.

I don’t believe that JB had a huge influx of apps solely because the DC, but sure is nice and was a large factor for me personally.

I’ve done the home based thing at two separate places. It has its benefits for sure, and for some people may be what works best for them, especially those living in Bumfart, US. However, there isn’t as much flexibility in scheduling with such jobs, and for me, living in/moving to a domicile far exceeds the benefits of home basing. If K4 had the same retirement and an equivalent pay scale to JB, I’d still take my 2-3 hour drive to domicile at JB over homebasing and 14+ day trips traversing all the time zones.

YMMV.