Mike is absolutely correct. If you want or can live in central Europe or Great Britain then apply. The curent travel allowance scheme can cover most if not all of your costs and commuting is easy since most STN -400 and -200 trips start in FRA, AMS, PIK. GOT (Sweden) can be tricky to get to/from if patterned thru there. If you want to live in the US then commuting can be very difficult. If you live west of Chicago or the Mississippi river then forget it.
I see no incentive for the company to change the STN base and travel as they now have about 60 pilots jumpseating to Europe from the USA instead of having to pay for and schedule business class tickets to start or end a trip. The company saves a ton of money on this ALONE. As long as pilots keep showing up for work on time there is no reason for the company to change.....no matter how tough it is for these commuters.