Personal opinion, for the little it's worth, choose a job, or bid seat, equipment and base, with an eye toward being stuck there for awhile. I've been at this for 14 years professionally and have been furloughed and stagnated more than I care to think about.

If luck is with you, the upgrade will be quick and the legacies will be knocking on your door. But be prepared for the next upswing in oil, downturn in housing, plane flying into a building, or whatever the next nonsense is, that causes your career to stall out.

Anything a recruiter tells you is merely a snapshot in time, at that time, meant to make the picture look as good as possible.