Just to let you know. The information that I passed along is not rumor or innuendo but based on statements made by the respective companies. The economy is definitely slowing down and as they say, when the US gets a cold, the world gets pneumonia, at least when it comes to economies. I am old enough to have been through this stuff before, fortuantely working overseas. Aviation historically is always the last to show the effects of a slowing or rising economy.
As the the Polar/Atlas/DHL connection? Who knows but I am not getting warm fuzzies.