I just don't understand why people think this. If ALPA was voted out of ASA, who would negotiate the merging of the lists? Hell, who would convince management that it would be a good idea?

All that would happen would be that ASA would be separated into the "good ASA" and the "bad ASA". The "good ASA" (70/90s) would be transferred to SkyWest, lowering their costs further by hiring new people, and all the senior ASA guys flying them would be out of a job. The "bad ASA" (50s) would be slowly bled down like Comair, taking advantage of any future 2-for-1 deals by moving the 900s to SKW and bleeding the 200s from ASA.

As for the $200 in travel fees, contest the charge with your credit card company. Explain that it was a required fee for your job, and now you are being laid off and the company will not refund it. You will get your money back, credit card companies are very pro-consumer when it comes to chargebacks.