FO for 4.5 years here. Personally I felt I had excellent QOL, I never even got junior manned. Over the past 1-2 years it was rough here as chronic short staffing really ran the RSV's hard. Plus side is you made a killing on the $$ side. It is better now.

I worked along 135 guys at previous jobs, and have flown with many who were 135 prior to coming here. All 135's are different. Most aren't that great, in fact kinda crappy. Some 135's are excellent. All depends on who you get hired on with, same goes for an airline. Some commuters are crappy, some are OK. I feel AWAC is OK.

The future is uncertain however. We are definitely one of the most fairly paid commuters, however that is like saying you are the coolest kid on the short bus. Only big thing that bothers me is this ASAP ordeal.