Didn't Polar originate from "Polaris Leasing" owned by GE and turned into a revenue (not necessarily profit) generating center by Jack Welch. Seems I read something about that in Welch's book.
OTOH I think your MEC was warned about the whole ANC thing almost three years ago now. The Polar guys are now in a position that the company can cause all the attrition they want just by adjusting the lines. It is pretty hard to
JS home when you only have two days off between flights.
But there is enough "told you so" to go around without any of us, or FedEx QA, saying so. (Time to MOVE ON Bill! No one, including your own "friends" at Polar wants you to continue to prod.). It is also time to get together, under one union, with a profession negotiator, who does not have a dog in the fight; and get a contract with good scope. We will never get that with a negotiator from either side. We must have a professional negotiator. And that is something that ALPA will never allow because it opens the doors for the other carriers.
Too much water under the bridge and too much politics at ALPA with Atlas/Polar. United under one banner is the only solution thru this mess.