My pinnacle story: I live in DTW, I was hired in Summer of 05, was bidding 190 in DTW and was #1190 in the company. Less than 2 years later I am bidding in the 60 to 70s range in DTW, and I am in the 800s in seniority. Things move quick here, and they wont be slowing down any time soon. Living in base is great. I don't know if could stand the commute here, but I love it in base. A lot of our trips end at 8pm and are not commutable. If you like the highspeed continous duty overnight flights living in base is good as well, I usually golf during the day and work at night.
Our pay sucks right now, but I really think the contract will be done in 2007.
PM me if you have any questions.