OK, let's bring some reality back to this thread. Let us assume the OP needs 1000 121 time to upgrade.

You will NOT be forced to upgrade to LGA, with almost 100% certainty. I don't see forced upgrades continuing beyond the summer or fall vacancy. The forced upgrades is a temporary fix that causes more problems than it fixes due to the increased training cycles.

Reserve rules are abusive? Its torture if you have to commute. Agreed..... It's the best QOL if you live in base and are relatively senior.

To the OP- Envoy is currently hiring HVA. The more HVAs hired after you get hired here then the better your initial relative CA seniority will be. If 200 CAs are junior to you when you reach 1000 hours then you will leap frog them and be able to hold DFW as soon as you reach 1000hrs. However, I think DFW may become senior because a year ago we were offering right into the 175 based on age. DFW was the only 175 base we had so OLD FARTS started coming here because they knew they could hold the 175 in DFW. So once those guys upgrade then they will want DFW.

Honestly everything here is so fluid with the massive amount of growth that I don't have a clue what its going to look like when you have 1000 hours. No one else does either. Either airline is an OK option. If we were talking about Endeavor or RAH possibly opening up a base in DFW then I would think hard about going there.