That's it
If the new owners stipulated the rating, surely the NJ negotiator developed a set of b
s and insisted that NJE crews be taken on. We all have to learn a new type sooner or later, so why would they be a liability? I think NJE should have explained, they have good adaptable crews, that could well be on the street soon. My beating is they didn't.
NJUS get involved in the recruiting at NJME, don't worry about that.
This is the sort of corporate mindset that nauseates me, should my gut feeling be correct. Seen too much of it over the years.