partyreptile
22nd Aug 2001, 07:04
New rumor out of purchase is that following the gov. approval of Atlas purchase of Polar that the announcement of the purchase of Southern Air will come to pass. Ther has been speculation on and off that the finances behind Southern were in face Atlas Air. And now it has been reported that Southern has been doing contract flying for Atlas even while Atlas has crews on furlough, in order to put pressure on the Atlas pilot group during contract neg.'s. Could this be a further fragmenting of Atlas, with the underlying idea to pit one pilot group against another, in order to depress labor demands? When asked about the Southern connection Atlas mgt. had no comment. Any Southern pilots out there?