What's your experience level? Are you a CFI building hours or just getting started?

When I was getting started, I wanted to be in Chicago and I had my sights set on Air Wisconsin and ACA. Look what happened there... Unfortunately, it's difficult to predict who will be where in the (not so) distant future. I hope that SKYW will stay in Chicago because that's where I am now, but there's no guarantee to that. As far as base stability goes, Eagle is probably more of a sure thing for ORD, but not necessarily a great place to go now if you want to be a captain anytime soon.

Good luck!

Oh, and I just checked. There are like 7 United flights a day including a few SkyWest and even 3 UA 737's. On top of that there are about 4-5 American Eagle flights, but they tend to be weight restricted a lot. In other words, it doesn't seem like it would be too hard to get from GRR to ORD.

http://timetables.oag.com/grr/

I think you are going to see Eagle captain upgrades running about 3 years if you are hired today. Check this thread if you are interested.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/sh...ad.php?t=11751

I was hired at AWAC in January of 2006. If folks hired at Eagle the same time upgrade before I do, I'll buy you a case of your favorite libation.

Any pilot should know how to find identifiers they don't know...airnav.com. Can't believe there's someone looking to get hired who doesn't know ORD.:confused:

I'm not looking for employment. I wasn't aware that airlines changed domiciles so often. I have a few years before I'm going to be in the job market, but I've always tried to do as much research as possible. I guess in this case I've began my research too soon.