Originally Posted by JayBee

So who was on the fence about leaving and had their mind changed by this $150k ?

I'm ~ 3 years best guess from flowing after 5 years at PSA. I have/had two interviews at LCCs. One would get me a local no more commuting base right away, the other would hopefully get me a local no more commute base after a year or so (?). I did some really basic rough numbers and it was roughly the same amount of $$$ between staying for flow to AA and the other two choices up to about the 10 year mark but after that the price delta at AA really starts take effect but I was hoping to retire in 13 years from now... (second career, small pension from first career...)

Guess my biggest fear at the moment is that I say no to the 30k (that I have to say yes or no to by 1 October) only to not get the call from one of my interviews. I'm not poor or anything but I could put that $30k to good use. On the other end of the spectrum... I take the $30k and THEN get the call up to a major ! While I have the discipline to keep that money on hand to repay... then I'll have all the headaches of corrected W2s, getting my taxes back, union dues back, etc, etc...

Thoughts ?