Joe,
I never said I wasn't a fan of ASA. I always thought that the pilot group at ASA could do a little more to make ASA a better place to work. On the whole, I think I had more good days than bad days while I was at ASA, and I think it's a good place for a young guy to start a career. Compared to a place like Pinnacle, ASA is a much much better place to hang your hat while you build your credentials.
To this day, I don't necessarily think ASA would have been a bad place for me to make a career. Leaving ASA for a major was not a particularly easy decision, what with a family to think about and all. However, I chose to try something different. I'm truly enjoying Northwest, and the DC-9 is a great airplane to fly around day to day (despite what General Lee and his "life partner" 737Pylt" have to say). I may have made the right decision, and I may have made the wrong decision (oil and mergers will tell).
In hindsight, after listening to my Pinnacle crash pad roommate tell me about his day to day existence, I'm willing to acknowledge that I may have, on occasion, been too hard on ASA. Amongst regionals, as far as QOL and work rules go, ASA isn't to bad.
Perhaps what you perceived as my hatred for ASA was only my desire to make it a better place for the pilots who wanted to make it a place to build a career. You of all people should understand that.
