"I believe what Mr. Nitty refers to is that back in 2002, Atlas approached a couple of operators here and asked them to crew and operate the aircraft to reduce the U.S. pilots. When they found no one to help with the scheme, they moved aircraft to the Polar subsidiary and hired a number of Tower crews for those aircraft. "
Islamorada
A check of the DOH on the Polar seniority list, along with a knowledge of the indiviiduals reveals no personnel from Tower Air were hired after early 2001.