Hey all, hoping for some insights from the experts on here.

I’m moving to PHX for the next 20+ years, so I’m looking at AA vs SW. I’m in the AF Reserves so I can be patient on finding the right job. Though I would like to get a line number before the hiring waves really start to pick up.

At the moment my app is in at AA exclusively. My thought is that AA is currently a much less financially stable company but has a lot of perks regarding seniority & aircraft options. If I were to get hired by AA and they were to theoretically crumble or close up shop at PHX, I could still apply at SW in the future since they are far more stable. It’d suck to lose seniority but it would keep the family in domicile. Any seniority I lost by making the switch would be an accepted risk, assuming it were to happen at all.

What I don’t to happen is *if* to apply at both, and *if* I were to get a call by both, then have to turn one down and burn the bridge. As dumb as it sounds, I’d like to apply to only one at a time so the other one can remain an option if things were to take turn for the worse and still keep my family close to all our friends and relatives.

My question to you all is, am I crazy for wanting to pass up a SW window for the seniority progression at AA? Any thoughts or problems you see with this approach other than the obvious?

Thanks for any insights you guys have.