To answer some of your ' Finer ' Points there, CT;
1. The merger will bring more opportunity, not less, and we've brought everyone back from furlough, offered positions to Xjt will soon be taking OTS as well. Add to the fact we've gotten more flying for the winter and added airframes....I fail to see your logic and believe the merger will provide for the better in place of staying stagnant and proceeding Sans Merger
2. QOL is a function of flying and block hours and when you get hired. Reserve here has been rough lately due to the lack of crews and that is now being addressed. You start as a reserve you need to expect certain things and less of a ' consistent ' lifestyle, but most of these people are hiring on from ATL area and will be around the house a LOT some months and very little on others. ( Not hooting and hollering or Rah-Rah BS here for ASA, but once we're properly staffed things run pretty well here )
3. 70/90 is a senior bird for FO but on the lower end of the spectrum for CA it is a Jr. Bird..or rather it used to be. I hold weekends off in ATL and IAD but I chose to work them cause they're easier and I like the overnights/commutability of them. And, a typical schedule for me is a 4 day with a mix of 3,2,2,4 or 2,4,3,3 and sometimes 1,2,3,3 legs per day and i've got 17 days off next month...and have ZERO plans of moving to the 700/900 to chase a ' better lifestyle '
And as for # 4, I've no clue what or who DR is so I can't comment or speculate....
Hope this gives some better insight to anyone trying to hire on !

Last vacancy bid put several junior pilots into the 700/900. I'm guessing there's not a wait anymore.

As I understand it, they were modeled after the XJet rules but many of the provisions were not strongly worded and several more are simply not enforced. I don't know how much better it is at XJet but being on reserve at ASA sucks!

Reserve at ASA will get better as the staffing level's get closer to normal. It's really bad right now though.

Anyone get a rejection email? Are they even sending them?

I know there is a class set up for Oct 11. Does anyone know of any class date later in the year or the first of 2011.

What does this even mean? Last I heard he was head of hiring, not head cheerleader. (well, actually last I heard he retired for good)

captain tony = someone who needs to find a new career OR something better to do with his / her time.......... like knitting, it might not stress them out so much.

He said that he was back for three weeks, but that could change.

There is talk of another class, and the one on the 11th has been enlarged by 9 people.