It would be shame if this thread deteriorates into an Atlas ALPA/AABO squabble. Just a few voices made all of the Atlas and Polar crews look like idiots in the recently closed thread, and it should not be allowed to happen again.
In my opinion most of the Atlas pilots (of which I am one) feel that management over the years has lied to pretty much everyone about what the STN/AACS operation was about, including the AACS pilots and engineers during their interviews.
For those reading this who are not part of the Atlas “family’, the reality is that most of us fly together, eat together and have beer together in mixed crews with no problems. That said, the structure is gravely flawed and needs to be changed, probably in a manner that puts all of us on the same contract/representation/seniority list. Otherwise certain individual managers will continue to try to play us off against each other.
Again, IMO.