I am a new member to the site, and currently a CFI building time towards a regional gig. I agree wholeheartedly with the initial post, and was wondering if I could get some input from a few of the more experienced guys (and girls if applicable) regarding what they thought would be the best regional and major to shoot for, assuming they wanted to be based in Utah. (Sorry for the semi-hijack of thread but my question was along the same lines.)
I know that this will restrict a lot of the options out there, but it is where my wife and kids want to be, and since that is the case, where I want to be as well.
Right now I am planning on Skywest for my regional, and then Delta or possibly Southwest after that. I guess my question is, does anyone see a better way to go about this, while still maintaining Utah as a base? Are there other airlines I don't know about that may be better suited to accomplish my goal of staying in Utah? Are there any bases that are so easy to commute to from SLC that it makes it no big deal?