Since Atlas has been making noise about getting into the freight forwarding biz, buying Polar and killing it eliminates a competitor and it gets some more 400s. As for the 100s and 200s - the chainsaw. As for the crews? Beats me. Does anybody know what the successorship clause in their contract reads? My guess is that they'll furlough the classic crews as the airplanes are phased out. When the Atlas 200/300s go back in service this fall, the Polar crews may/could take up the slack in the horrendous F/O attrition of the past year - depending on the ALPA contract provisions. If Atlas bought Polar for a song, it makes sense. Atlas still has lots of cash, methinks.