TTR you gave an answer but I don’t understand it. BA’s ‘prestige’ you refer isn’t you simplying saying that they offer you a job near where you live is it?
For me to join BA I’d have to drive further to work than I do now- would you call a decision for me to go to BA from RYR less prestigious because of that?
Plenty to of people (the majority I’d say) work at LoCo’s live close to their home base. Additionally there are people in BA who commute in from abroad- I’m not sure location of your base in relation to your house is what makes the airline itself prestigious or not...