...but not really. So here's the deal: I'm going to be living in Chicago. I was offered--and accepted--the CHQ certificate. I called both Linda and Kim on Monday to request a switch to the S5 cert to be able to live in base... heard back from Linda but since she didn't offer me the job she has no say, so I'm waiting for Kim to call.

So for all I know they could just tell me to go pound sand. But my question is this: let's say I face the decision of starting CHQ on the 16th of this month versus taking S5 and possibly starting training as late as December/January. Would attaining those extra two months seniority on the CHQ certificate but commuting to--say--STL outweigh living in base on the S5 ticket?

I suppose in the scheme of things it's not a bad problem to have.