I'm based in FAT and live in Fresno, and I would say go for SKW! If you get the bro you'll be based here right off the bat, like the others said. I'm on the jet and it took me 4 months of commuting to MKE to get based back here...not too bad. It's actually a really easy two leg commute, if you can say two leg commutes are easy. I always went through LAS, worked out well every time. Flights to MKE from out West tend to be more open and more on time in general than those going to ORD, even though there are MANY more flights to ORD. LAX is a fairly easy commute, you have one CRJ going there at 5:00 AM that is always open, as well as 2 CRJs coming back (one around 9pm and the other around 11pm), which are usually open but can fill up at times. As for SFO, one CRJ-700 going there in the morning, also always open (there were all of 8 people on it the other day). FedEx has one flight to/from OAK each day as well. All the other flights to/from LAX are on Bros or Saabs (AE or SKW), and SFO is all Bro besides that one flight in the morning on the -700. Still, LAX would probably be easier. More flights direct to LAX than SFO, and there are also two flights to LGB and one flight to ONT on XJet, as well as a daily UPS flight to ONT. Between all those, you would probably be just fine. Still I agree with everyone else that you should go for SKW, I love it here and being based at home beats commuting any day. I know we aren't hiring on the jet right now, but you could always take a year on the Bro and then transition to the jet. You would have enough seniority at that point to stay in FAT as an FO. Commuting sucks no matter where you go, even if it's to LAX. But LAX is definitely an easier commute. Let me know if you have any questions, I was in your position a couple years ago and would be glad to answer any questions you have.