Since there's been little activity on this thread for the past month, I'm going to hijack it with a similar question to the original post (instead of creating a new thread):

If I plan to live near Denver and have to commute from Denver until I can hold it as my base, what would be the ideal place to commute to? It looks like ORD, IAH, and SFO are all nearly equal in commute times, while EWR is about an hour further away.

Also, how long is probation?

Thanks!