"Get over it, merge, unify, keep your Scope protections and get an industry leading contract for what is a great group of pilots (both sides). For starters, how about demanding Cato's termination as a bargaining chip? If Atlas and Polar guys would do their homework, they would see that that has been sucessfully done in the past more times than not."
UPS FR8, You are not privy to the requirements laid out in the ALPA Merger Policy. Merged contracts are not done under Section 6 of the RLA like usual contract amendments. A merged contract will be settled at arbitration if necessary. There are no bargaining chips. Right now Polar has good scope, there is no guarantee that we will emerge with good scope. AAWH wants to run two seperate airlines with one merged crew force. They don't want the crews to be tied to the certificates. Without scope where would we be left if they decide to sell off one of the airlines? Answer: on the street.
PS. Even if we could, why use up a chip to get rid of Cato? Eventually his antics will cost the Company more money than he saves and he will "leave to pursue other interests."