I would agree, this is not remotely similar to Legacy Carrier Flying or commuter flying.
I've notice a large volume of crew members (victims of downsizing) that come from those carriers which don't stay very long usually. It's definetly not what their used to. I also agree that many of the Atlas crewmembers are easily intimidated by management. They have been beaten on for a long time and have the highest number of disciplinary actions against crewmembers amoung all of the ALPA carriers (per ALPA legal department stats).
Atlas has had a very long road getting unionized and contending with union busting constructs like STN, AACS(now AABO) and others to get what little decent treatment we currently enjoy. If you signup here, please be ready to fight and not be meek. We have too many of the latter and not enough of the former.
Someday, we may be able to brag about working here. As it is, I can't say that now.
mercpc9
