BS. Let's be real, you'd have to be an idiot to leave AS for a regional TODAY. They're all getting worked to the bone. If you got hired by AS, you don't need AA flow to get on with another major if that's your goal. Only way anyone would do that is if divorce was the only other option. I know one guy who had to quit a legacy to go back to SKW because his wife wanted to live in a certain non-commutable SKW base (her family was there, they had three kids in school, and she's a high-end specialty MD making ludicrous bank. And she's hot. I would have quit too.).

EK and Connie, that's really a lifestyle choice. Some guys like the idea of being gone for three weeks at a pop and enjoying exotic locals through the fog of jetlag tempered with booze.