Just a little ying - yang to life on this subject.
While AABO was and continues to be leverage against the Atlas mainline union crews, the same has been done to them. Most have a hard time caring considering AABO's original purpose against them. Soon after the Atlas mainline guys signed their union contract, Mr. C used the Atlas mainline guys as leverage against his AABO creation to put them in check somewhat. Proffered a new reduced contract to AABO or he would have to re evaluate AABO's cost effectiveness by moving the base elsewhere in Europe. Thus negating the STN Union/Company letter of agreement on AABO that kept them in their remaining envious positions. Leaving them to either no job or a job at the bottom of Atlas mainline should that happen.
Needless to say, they took the reduced contract offered by Mr. C rather than end up at the bottom vs. their ill gotten gained positions at the expense of many mainline guys. The only ones that didn't were the Atlas cross overs that jumped at the union busting upgrades at AABO (originally 19 crossed over out of 600+ Atlas guys). They have rights of seniority at mainline and AABO. Real pieces of work they are.
Last edited by nitty-gritty; 12th Mar 2009 at 07:18.