People saying it’s worth it to sit in the jumpseat of a 737 to get to fly a widebody are the epitome of schadenfreude. No matter how you slice it, commuting sucks. The people who say Alaska is awful probably commute, and right now, there’s no airline that doesn’t “suck.”

Sit down with your partner and discuss where you want to settle down. Choose a base that gives you time home with your family, or be real with yourself and decide if your career aspirations are to sit in the right seat of a widebody and then upgrade to a narrowbody hopefully reaching 50% on a narrowbody the rest of your career, or living in base on a narrowbody.