It is interesting to see, now that the whole document is public, how out of context Cato's words were taken by some on this board. Here is the full paragraph:
"As you can see, our proposal ensures no Polar Crewmember will be involuntarily furloughed or downgraded as a result of Polar’s discontinuing its Classic flying in August rather than October. Moreover, rather than face a furlough with no chance of recall for at least twelve months (the estimated time before the merged CBA and seniority lists are implemented), if ever, our Polar Flight Engineers will be able to continue their employment uninterrupted, and at a pay scale higher than they enjoy today. And those Flight Engineers who do not elect to take a position at Atlas will not be disadvantaged, indeed they will be advantaged, as they will receive pay continuance for now work through October, the time at which Polar will park N516MC in any case, if not before."
For those that don't remember, the boldfaced sentence above was included in a post by L-38 where he intended to indicate that Cato thought the merger might not happen. However, if you read the thing in context (removing the comment in parenthesis) you will see that the if ever comment is talking about the Flight Engineers chance of recall ".....for at least twelve months, if ever...." Granted the sentence structure is pretty poor, but the meaning is clear. Just wanted to post this to show how out of context certain things are, that have been broadcast by some of the Polar leadership.
Last edited by Beaver_Driver; 20th Jul 2008 at 16:52.