Just to clarify a few points....
It reads 37 Captain Positions - and it is not an award it is Bobbrobins proposal to the arbitrator.
Doesn't sound to me like Atlas is stagnant - now the scheduled service might be stagnant but the Atlas business model is growing. (see the news item below)
AAWWH (Atlas Air WorldWide Holdings) already owns and will continue to own a "controlling" majority of Polar. That has not changed and will not change until the USDOT regs change.
AAWH has already ended the alliance flying. Atlas is not doing any flying for Polar that is not available to Connie or SATinc. It only makes sense for another partner in the holding company to take up the Polar slack when they have MX issues etc - or would you rather that go away too just to satisfy your anti-Atlas sentiments.
Thanks for the clarification of the proposal. Now, I must take you to task for being a hot-head.
First, and most important, you need to pay better attention to what is written, and not what you want to read.
Second, I'm not anti-Atlas, however YOU are anti-Polar. I want EVERYONE to have successful, stable careers. YOU want Polar pilots to disappear. That's a true shame wishing ill on a fellow professional.
Right now I don't work but 16 days a month. If on RSV, I can be extended to 19. I have no issues bustin' my hump when I'm out. I want to make my company money. Those days INCLUDE travel. Then I'm home. There are airlines without unions, and CBA's that are on the road an equal or lesser amount than Atlas.
It is well-established that AAWH owns 5Y and a "controlling" majority of PO. I never disputed that. What you may have missed was the sarcasm of "controlling" (tone of voice never carries well when typing). Just like Virgin America, Astar, ABX and whoever else has a "minority equity stake" in a US airline, the practical test is independence. What do think would happen if AAWH moved all of the PO flying to, say, CGN and ran Europe routes? Do you think DHL would shrug and say, "Ah vell, vee are only minority owners?" Honestly?
I did see the news item today, thankyou. That's great the first five Ochos PDP's are financed. Now, they claim 5Y put up the money. Is there a secret 5Y account somewhere that AAWH doesn't control? I'm pretty sure the folks in Purchase put the deal together, not the 5Y pilot group.
As far as the stagnant comment, I really needed more detail. I meant the fleet. There's an order for 5 Ochos that got financed today. Those are coming in, what, 2010? They are parking 3 Classics (-3) are looking for 2 -400s (+2) making one less airplane (-1) total. Further, our Dear Leaders in NY say that the intial Ochos are to replace classics. Since PO has 1 classic, and zero (0) in the DHL agreement, I don't think we'd need 5 Ochos to replace our RJ.
Again, the alliance flying....We all know it ended, but what happened to it? Did AAWH just let all those customers jump to Southern, Connie and the Zone? That wouldn't be right. I'll bet they kept the customers, and routes, then as contracts renewed, changed the name from Polar to Atlas allowing them to end the alliance flying. Just a guess.
Hopefully that clears up my positions. If you need more information, just let me know
Happy Contrails