I can tell you I am having fun here at SWA in my 7 months on the job so far, and if this does not work out I will probably use my degree to do something else outside of aviation. The more options you have the better. I like flying and I like landing the 737. You will get plenty of that here. I wanted to live in San Diego, and soon there will be 3 bases I can commute to within 2 hours. LA is a 3 hour drive (at best) with parking and all. OAK, PHX and LAS are all 2 hour commutes at most once I hit SAN. First you decide where do you want to live? Then decide if you want to travel to international destinations, multiple type aircraft and so forth. I got/get all the international travel I want from the big green gun club, so that was never an issue for me, and I am not a huge long haul fan being 6'4" and all.
My dos pesos.
Raidr