I live two minutes from Ameristar's location and I've met one of their DC-9 captains. Spends his free time in a sweat suit, chain smoking and drinking to a blind state of stupor, has a good looking girlfriend and treats her like a doormat (he probably screws his FO). He's the kind of pilot no one wants to fly with. If all their pilots are like this guy (which I know is not the case) then I sure as hell wouldn't want to be a part of a group of pilots who need therapy for all the days they are gone.
A friend of mine in insurance has told me over and over again, begging actually, me and my friends, to stay away from Ameristar and Cherry Air because of the files he has seen on both companies (his father has access to them since he's in insurance also). Its a decision that is based on luck of the draw as to who the maintainers are at the time you are there. I personally see the mechs at Cherry and Ameristar drinking to oblivion whenever I visit the bar they hang out but that doesn't mean they can't fix an airplane.