Originally Posted by Flyinguber

Similar situation but did not want to make a new thread since there are lots of good points in this one (albeit MCO catered). Have about 25 years left in my career. I live in California, but I’ve been commuting to the East Coast since I’ve been with Southwest. I figure by the time I get my UAL class date I will have two years of seniority at Southwest. Which is basically no seniority. Do I gamble with life getting better with redeye reserve and future hiring or a SAN base? I’m nowhere near holding LAX or OAK. I personally don’t have a passion to fly wide bodies so that’s not a decision maker for me. I really do appreciate the flexibility of Southwest schedules and it sounds hard to give up. But commuting transcontinental has been rough and I don’t know what to believe these days with SWA and the future. And the displacements. Any advice? Maybe this is my midlife crisis now that I’m 40 - haha.