What Price are the Atlas Pilots paying - ahhh that's right no section 6 ability. No pay raise, no solution to quality of life issues. No solution to the AABO debacle. No solution to the Hotel and Travel issues. All of them created by Bobbrobin and their incessant delaying tactics.
Where is your "right not to merge" spelled out?
I am not minimizing Polar rights at all - "The-Right-Not-to-Merge" is simply not there. If you all were so sure you had this right then the arbitration would have been right at the top of the list. So get on with it. Quit sending every little thing to arbitrators and get to the meat of the problem. What's next? Will Bobbrobin decide to send the choice of a caterer to arbitration? How about the size of the coffee cups in the meeting room? Do they want the seating arrangements arbitrated too?
This is not about the average Polaroid rights - this is about the delaying tactics of Bobbrobin.
I don't insist that the merger happen. In fact I think it is horribly bad for the Atlas pilots - I only insist that Bobbrobbin let the process happen. Polar getting out of the way, and off the Atlas seniority list, would be a dream come true.
As I said before. If you don't want to merge then probably the first step would be to return all of the Atlas Aircraft to Atlas and give back the Atlas route authorities. Just like your strike, you continue to fight your battles with the company through the Atlas pilots. You use that Atlas pilots as a buffer because you are unable, unwilling, or maybe not smart enough to use the tools that would actually make an impact on managements decisions.