Experiment of Paying for Voluntary Extensions at Sea: An Analysis of Two Proposals

N1's Sponsor Program Proposal of 12 April 1994 recommended paying sailors to stay in sea duty beyond five years. In this briefing, we analyze that proposal as well as a modified proposal that we present as an alternative. Our modified proposal offers two fine-tuning changes to what we believe is a good and workable original proposal by N1. We think of these proposal as experiments because until such a program is instituted, we have no estimates of how many sailors would extend their sea duty in exchange for a bonus. Thus, the early stages of any such program would be experimental in nature.