One thing you need to research, and there are plenty of guys on these forums who could help you with it, is how much BS do you have to deal with at AS on a day-to-day basis. Chaos in the daily operation, regional airline mentality, missing DH reservations, missing hotel reservations, etc. I don’t know enough about AS to comment, but here you pretty much show up to work on time and you generally have a pretty smooth trip, barring major WX or mechanical mayhem. For example, if I changed airlines the first time I showed up to a hotel after a redeye and found I didn’t have a reservation or the room wasn’t ready I’d be already questioning my decision……that type of thing is exceedingly rare here.