Originally Posted by Slow2Final

That's why so many of us are scratching our heads at their choice of throwing a bunch of money at this retention problem. Not that those who are going to AA don't want it, but those who are trying to get out, generally don't care about a theoretical bonus years down the road, as opposed to seniority and money at another airline NOW.

Guess we'll see how it plays out, and fairly quickly too, would be my guess.