Ted, thanks for the reply... we aren't set on one place to live; leaning towards DAL right now based on domiciles, but both DAL and SWA have some appealing domiciles that would fit my long term plan, so I'm trying to fill in all the blanks. Every time I talk about this choice with people, I say "SWA seems to have more flexibility with the schedule", then they ask "what do you mean", and I realize I have no idea why I think that, particularly about DAL's system for adjusting schedules. Whereas SWA people are always talking (or so it seems) about their wide variance in pay and hours worked. Hence my search for clarity on DAL.