I'm not sure that D. Bourne's soap will get you any cleaner.
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It is interesting that your post has two fonts. Kind of reinforces the idea that most of you Polar posters are just cutting and pasting what Bobbrobin are telling you to say. Can't you think for yourselves?
It is certainly NOT the average Polar pilot that Atlas pilots have issues with. In fact both sides have been very cordial when we have to DH with each other. And trust me the Atlas pilots do not want to merge - with anyone. But they recognize that this is going to happen. The root of the issue is that the Atlas pilots believe that the company will make this happen - as do the admittedly few Polar pilots I have talked to. Bobbrobin on the other hand, at various times have believed that the merger was a myth, that the company would not really do it, and now they believe that they can block this merger - it is a power play plain and simple. And all of this after at one point agreeing to the merger and in fact complaining that Bourne was THE impediment to the merger.
No, what the Atlas pilots want is to GET ON WITH IT. If Bobbrobin are so sure that they are right then why delay things like they did with the Horowitz arb? Are they going to continue to do that. Didn't they send the choice of hotels at the last arbitration hearing to the arbitrator too? Delay, delay, delay, that is their tactics. And regardless of what others think, there is no way for Atlas pilots to force the company to the negotiating table - so the ONLY way for Atlas pilots to get to a contract is through the merger. That is what makes them angry. No contract, no raise, no new scope rules, no AABO integration, no QOL changes - and every bit of it can be laid at the feet of Bobbrobin.
ALL of the financial data indicate that if Polar is spun off it will die. Your ONLY option is to go through with the merger. So if you don't want to merge then quitting is your best option as there will probably be no Polar. So why go through all this angst?
Git 'er done.