I was at ASA and finally had to leave because of the circus named management. They always promised the stars, but had no clue why nothing ever materialized. Money is not why I left. I am $40K lighter in the wallet, pre-tax, than if I stayed. I won't pass the financial break even point on the move for about 6 more years.

I preface with that information only to say I would do it again in a heartbeat because of ALPA at ASA. If leadership has changed, my apologies. Otherwise, ALPA leaders at ASA were ineffective, incompetent, and did not provide good representation for ASA's members. When ALPA sold me up the river along with 100 other pilots because they were more interested in a p***in match with management, that was the last straw for me. Beware of anything this group "sells," much less negotiates. Read it carefully. Understand what it means. Then vote your conscience.

I wish the best for you guys over there. I had just had my fill and had to move on. And while some on here will say, "good riddance" of a bad apple, understand that I was not by any means the most disgruntled person to leave. Remember October 2006? Not many "dream" jobs hiring that month. ASA lost 65 captains. Where did they go? I know where about 20 of them went. Different places around the industry. I do know that when asked why they were leaving, it was almost a unanimous they were making the happiest decision in their careers.

A few years of my many there, ASA was a decent place to work, maybe even good. It just always reverted back to crappy. Present example, junior manning while furloughing. PBS may work out for ASA. Just verify it is your best interests before implementing it. +1 to the person making the comment about schedules and RFP's. ASA will win RFP's based on bid price partially controlled by price structure. The only way PBS affects a lower RFP bid price is by lowering labor costs, i.e. less pilots, or less over guarantee flying. Therefore management is running the same circus as when I was there. "Do this for us, trust us, and we will grow like crazy and your QOL and paycheck will improve." Be very wary if ALPA sings the same song. Past performance has not proved their trustworthiness.