Touche Felt4 and I will certainly be more than capable of making a decision. Having been in 5 conflicts, with multiple SAMs being shot a me, bombing and Air to Air Missions, Close Air Support, global operations into and out of austere fields, night combat on NVG's and being a mission commander of dozens of combat aircraft in the air at the same time, making critical life and death decisions, I'm certain I'll be fine in making a decision for my family. However, I never went into any battle without as much intel from all of the support agencies available. That is how I treat these forums...a support agency. I have some very inside sources that are concerned whether Eagle will exist even six months from now. Does flying for Eagle hurt chances of flying with AA (right now I have opinions from some very senior folks that say no) and words that AA is going to start hiring in July/August. Bottom line, this is simply a fact finding Q&A, if you have something constructive, I'm all ears otherwise...thank you for your assistance.