I think a lot depends upon age and years remaining until retirement. Sick time and disability pays a lot more in the left seat in the event you need to go out on medical. If there is another merger (god forbid) it will be better to go into that integration in the left seat. And then there’s the possibility of another black swan event that grinds things to a halt - and you end up handcuffed to the right seat years longer than expected.

Thousands of us were furloughed when the retirement age changed from 60 to 65 overnight. Cost us god only knows how much money by delaying the recall by several years - so much so that a lot of us just moved on. Definitely want to be in the left seat if it goes to 67 or 70 so as to avoid another lost decade.

My son is a sophomore in high school though. Once he goes to high school, the commute - or even a relocation to a junior domicile - just doesn’t seem like as bad of a deal.

One pilots trash is another’s treasure. Once we are empty nesters those February and October vacations sound pretty good! Cheaper less crowded travel.

One thing is for certain, if those rumors of big time hiring and upgrades are even partially true, there will be a lot of people making their own pro/con lists and spending sleepless nights agonizing over what to do over the next couple of years.