If you're a west coast guy and you go to ASA now, you're going to be commuting for a long time. That sucks.

If you just hold out for a few months and keep doing whatever you're doing to build hours, then you can apply to SkyWest, Horizon, ExpressJet, or whomever, depending on how long you want to hold out and your latitude on the west coast. You still might have to commute, but at least there's hope that it won't be for long.

Unless you don't mind commuting and/or you're willing to move to Atlanta. Then more power to you.