Atlas is a leasing company, not an airline. .
It appears your MEC's clairvoyance has not done much to keep your guys employed but it has done a great job a alienating/insulting the Atlas, ABX, Astar along with a few other groups with your council's elitist attitude past and present of who is a "
real airline." All done while demanding everyone elses help or jobs.
The Polar MEC and your groups interpretation seems to be lacking also. This is more of an obtuse excuse to lock things up and keep you rallying on his interpretation in lieu of the true facts. It is not a secret that Polar never wanted to merge. You are a "
real airline" unlike Atlas, ABX, Astar and others per your description. We at Atlas prefer not to merge also, but understand that we will be used against each other again at the next independent section 6 negotiation if we remain separated.
Having said all of that. When we merge, we will need an airtight scope clause as we can get. There are a few good ones out there now with a few mods to steal from for our combined purposes.