Just curious how many times over the last 20 years you've moved your family for your job?

These things are of paramount importance to career military families. The ability for mom 'n' the kids to live where they want to live, for as long as they want, after two decades of living 2-3 years at a time wherever Uncle Sam says to live is a massive quality of life issue.

If the music stops and the majors stop hiring, then that's a different decision to make down the road...but given the reality of the hiring picture today, this month, and the rest of this year, it is folly to blow your retirement move going to a regional base.