I have sat on the Express Jet 50 seat ERJ second F/A Jumpseat before. I mean the one that slides out from behind the last row of seats and locks up against the lav door. It is awkward to say the least sitting there in the middle of the aisle blocking the lav door. The routine is once the F/A starts the service, to put the second Jumpseat away and go sit in the primary F/A Jumpseat so the lav is no longer blocked. Then move back to the second one for landing obviously. The whole thing is (was?) up to the captain and the F/A. On a longer flight it becomes an even less attractive idea. Also, in a sudden turbulence event the F/A has no place to go quickly with that second Jumpseat put away. Really isn't a good idea in my opinion.

The commute is going to blow, no matter what. I would not bother entertaining the idea of moving to a base as a new hire though. Not at least until you get a good number of people below you and this company starts demonstrating that it is capable of avoiding posting financial results like the disaster Q1 2014 is going to be. Good luck.