Actually make it three things:
1) Being home is being "home". There's a million things about this, but at the end you're home. That's worth some money to a lot of people. Not to put a too fine'a point on this; Florida is a million miles from Dubai... Just at the last annual leave going to the movies in Boca with Valet service, before movie dinner with cocktails and at the place service of food including a glass of wine/beer... Priceless.
And not having to fight certain nationalities over their preferred use of cell phones. Even more.
2) Getting in at the majors with seniority protections is just that. Being protected. Warts and all, I realise, but still. Just because you did a missed approach that management didn't like is not a fireable offence. Period.
Peace of mind, in a lot of ways.
3) But still a lot of guys were getting seriously screwed by the regionals before coming to EK, especially Mesa and Eagle, I can understand their hesitation to get back into the grind of being at the bottom of the seniority list and the wrong people being protected... But then again the right one's were being protected as well!