Just think.............if you come to XJT and get based in EWR, you ever get in trouble, Ill be the man representing you haha. This place is great, the flying is great, the management is good, but it may change, for better or for worse, it wasnt too long ago when CAL flight crews were snickered at in the hotel vans, they were the laughing stock of the industry (probably why some of them have an inferiority complex) there not doing to bad now.................There was a time when COMAIR was hands down the place to be, not too much anymore, of no fault of their own. Colgan who runs a sloppy operation is growing like crazy, while we have airplanes taken away......... CHQ is doing well, but there pay rates aren't great on their 70 seat flying, and MESA is a disgrace to our industry, why pilots keep showing up to work there is beyond me. Eagle is Eagle, a good airline but nothing sadder then seeing a 40yr old 8 yr F/O............. This industry is too cyclical to know whats going to happen, I hear people bash guys who are going to NWA, why? I dunno? I think NWA is a great place to be, do they have an uphill battle? yes but why not be a part of that rebuilding of a once great airline. I would love to go to CAL, but everyday I see new F/Os there that I know of personally that shouldn't be anywhere near an airplane, but because they had their "Stuff walked in", they are in the C2 weather room plotting their course to some city in Europe. Not sure if I wanna work for an airline like that, sometimes I think SWA type of flying would best suit me, other times 2 legs in one day is 1 leg too many for me, things change! At this point I would say the most important decision is Corporate culture, contract and if they have a base where you live............