If they had any idea of the perfect storm brewing over the next few years, they would keep the bonus.

-10 year guys reaching their ADSC soon
-FedEx/Legacies/Southwest -- potentially huge hiring coming soon
-Longer deployments
-Reflective belt madness
-Non-Vol 365s
-UAVs
-Fewer cockpits
-Fewer hours
-Ridiculous PME (read: correspondence prior to in-residence)
-More with less
-No bonus (potentially)
-Little to no emphasis on actual flying in the OPR process
-Leadership more worried about BS, than THE MISSION!
-Masters requirement (what's that..I have to get my masters in my off time! That's cool, I didn't enjoy the few hours a night, I had with my wife and kids anyway!)

It will be interesting to see what the next 5-7 years has in store for big-blue....