NO. AABO part never did and the RLA wouldn't allow them to be incorporated within our Atlas ALPA group. Exactly why Atlas management created it offshore prior to an Atlas ALPA contract. There are 50-60 replacement pilots remaining at this time at AABO. I believe they reached an all time high of around 180-200 non-union replacement pilots while concurrently furloughing the same amount of ALPA Atlas guys prior to our contract.
Also, about 150 at Atlas were furloughed along the same time line as Atlas management moved Atlas A/C and flying to Polar. All while Polar hired the same number off the street when we first unionized and in the years of negotiations for our first contract. We had no protections under title 6 "status quo" of the RLA as Polar enjoyed after their being acquired by Atlas. They were already unionize and had a contract at that time which entitled them certain protections that Atlas crewmembers did not have available to them under the RLA (Railway Labor Act). Resulting in those "lorenzo" tactics against Atlas crews.
How quickly history is forgotten. Then again, who cares when you are reaping the benefits of others problems.
Last edited by nitty-gritty; 20th October 2008 at 10:11.