Actually...Bill Flynn did not say any such thing. What was said was that Polar was "uncomfortable" and unwilling to continue without assurances that would protect the Crewmembers and bind them to the flying--since the Company changed the business plan after Polar and ALPA committed to a merger. Jim Cato responded that the Company was not seeking to "undermine Polars scope either purposefully nor accidentally" and that Polar, Atlas and ALPA should develop some joint "language" that the Company could look at to make everyone more comfortable. Atlas indicated that it did not matter to them...Bill Flynn then chimed in that the issue was scope. Everyone agreed and off they went to waste alot of time and money developing a Scope Proposal that was rejected.
Subsequently, Paul Alves referred to the situation as a "conglomeration, anything but a merger" with Dave Bourne present and nodding his head in agreement. Jim Cato since has testified, under oath, that he was in daily contact with the Atlas MEC and Negotiators and that they did not support the Scope--so he saw no reason to.
I'm sure further joint negotiations will go much better.