Thanks for the quick responses. I think I'm just going to wait and see if things get going again at ASA. I heard some speculation that since ASA had to take over a lot of Delta's MD-80 flying while they were grounded, Delta may want ASA to increase their fleet size just in case something like that were to happen again. It's just something I heard through the grapevine and I'll believe it when I see it.

As far as GSP goes, it's only about 1:15 from Clemson and that would be an option for commuting. I'm definitely not an expert on jumpseating but I'm not sure if there would be enough flights out of there to anyone else's bases. If anyone has any input on that I'd appreciate it.

I've heard enough horror stories about Mesa, GoJet, Pinnacle, and Colgan to stay away. One day I was flying the King Air with the chief pilot here and we were talking about the regionals and when I mentioned Colgan his response was, "Why would anyone want to fly what is basically a longer version of this thing without an autopilot for eight hours a day?"

I would upgrade when I hit 135 PIC mins (1200 total, 500 XC, etc.) but only if there was a spot open to upgrade. And then it would be single pilot passenger charter in a Baron. To get any TPIC I'd have to wait until another spot opened up to upgrade to the 90. The flying part of my job isn't bad. Keep in mind that when you're the FO on a King Air (charter or corporate) you're also the flight attendant, baggage handler, caterer, and cleaning crew.

Other big reasons for me liking the regionals right now is the schedule they offer (I know you think I'm crazy.) Right now I get four hard days off a month and the rest of the time I'm on a one hour callout 24/7. So to me going somewhere like ASA where you start with 11 hard days off a month and having a 2 hour callout sounds like a good deal.

I thought Alpha Flying was only based out of somewhere in New Hampshire. 7 on/7 off would be amazing. I'll have to do some more research.