Groovinator is right. Go to what works best for you. If I had to choose one of those two I would choose Pinnacle because then I could live in Minneapolis, where I lived before I moved out east for AWAC.

I sent my papers to Pinnacle about 3 years ago and never got an answer. AWAC answered right away with a job offer. Pinnacle didn't want my 1,500 M/E turbine from a 121-equivalant (overseas) carrier. Too bad because I would love to have lived there in MSP. I might even be a captain by now.

Go to where you think you can be happiest, not to where others say is the best, though there are some that stand out as better, like Skywest and ExpressJet and maybe AWAC.