Sorry to bump an old thread but I am in an almost identical position to the OP with the only exception being that I’m in my early 20’s. I live in DFW but have family in ORD (both junior bases at ENY and SKW). I’d love to stay in Texas long term at either AA, SWA, or UAL and don’t really have a preference for which one I end up at. My concern with ENY is that flow time seems to only be increasing and may be greater than the time it would take me to get hired somewhere other than AA. On the flip side of that, even a 10 year flow to AA would mean a 30+ year career for someone my age. To sum things up, I wanted to get y’alls opinion on both paths. Thanks!