$5 Turbo Sattelite Bubble w/A8s

[bobbycharles]

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t2000 with t200 antes (7 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t21638)
Hero (t10708)
MP1 (t18262)
CO (t18357)
Button (t14056)
SB (t12050)
BB (t14855)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

There are 15 players left and 12 get a spot. In retrospect, I think I should have folded, but I'm not sure. My thoughts are push and gather the blinds and fold my way in. I have decent fold equity at this point, I'm low but not critical. I'm about to be hit with 3k of blinds, but there are two shorter stacks at the other remaining table.
Can anyone justify a push or am I grasping at straws here?