Base choices are recognised by the company as being important to people and a lot of effort is being done by the Flight Operations Manager to put people in the base they want. However, operational requirements sometimes dictate where you are placed - for example Liverpool has been in need of people lately so quite a few new entry and internal Command upgrades sent there. Having said that, once you are placed in a base and it does not suit you for the long term you can apply to move and most people seem to be sorted out within a year.