Thankfully for me i have family in Chicago and a place to stay. I was born there and have enough familiarity with the area to be happy with that as a second home. What I'm hoping is possible is for me to get to ORD as quickly as possible after training, then stay there until I'm able to move directly to SAN or LAX. Hopefully that's not a dream, all of the SAN FOs I've talked to said it took them no more than 6-8 months and I can totally deal with that if true.

As far as upgrade times and such, I'm at a place in my life where rushing to captain is a very secondary concern. Of course i want to progress in my career, but I also have a toddler and spending time with her in these years before school starts is way more important. I also have a small business at home that should supplement my income. Basically I'm just looking for the best QOL possible and for the near future being a SAN based skywest FO seems like a dream. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks everyone.