Fli Fast and I were just having a conversation about this at the pool yesterday. There are guys that live in ANC that got assigned ONT and guys living in So-Cal with heavy time that got assigned ANC. So it doesn't make sense from a financial standpoint. These guys are pretty much guaranteed to incur an additional training cycle in one year when the bid back to where they live. However, the deciding factor for initial assignment appears to be 1. Heavy and International experience; 2. birth date priority after that for the left overs: ONT, SDF and Z. Bottom line, if you've got int'l experience: see ya at Humpy's.