Folks ... thanks for this constructive conversation. Your sharing SA is a great value!
So let me add a bit of fire to what has being evaluated so far.
1. SkyWest is the best regional (with a major like foot-print but still a regional) and the working environment is amazing (and you do not have to fight to create a better atmosphere), with outstanding economical stability and job security;
2. Left seat is definitely better than FO in a nasty cockpit with a grumpy PIC (and looks like there are a lot of discontent in JB);
3. Money is not the solution to compensate poor QoL (and all of us knows that);
4. Last but not least ... when there will be an other economical crash (i.e. 9/11, fuel price ...) and we all now it is just a matter of when not if, what would make you more marketable to find a job overseas PIC or SIC time?