EFIS,

If you are interested in the western US, you will gain better relative seniority at SKW in three months than you will in three years in PHX. But the hiring spree won't last forever, so if you're gonna do it, do it now. My situation was very similar to yours in all respects (except MAPD), and I no longer lay awake at night worrying that I will be condemned to life at mesa...and it's a really nice feeling, let me tell you.