My advice would be to go elsewhere if at all possible. I left TSA for XJT back in Feb 2007, and I'm very glad I did. My QOL has been exponentially better since I left. We have a great many TSA refugees here (3 of us in my new hire class alone!), and all of them say the same thing. I'd rather be an FO here than a CA at TSA. If RepubShuttlaqua has a PIT base, go for that (even if you don't get it straight out of training, you'll get it eventually). Commuting sucks anyway you slice it, especially for a company with no commuter clause and a monthly minimum of only 10 days off. Living in base is almost like a completely different job. This having been said, TSA is better than Colgan or Mesa any day. If possible, get a job with a company that either A.) Has a base where you live or B.) Has a base in a city you would be willing to move to. In summation, I'll say that TSA isn't the worst (better than Colgan, Mesa, Pinnacle, etc.), but they're far from being the best.