Polar to spread pilot furloughs out!

[Whale Rider]

Thats the rumor I heard....

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Word is 8 notified on May 15th for june 15th furlough, 8 notified end of may, etc. etc. Large # in August. Subject to change of course.

Rumor from non ALPA sources (2 different peeps, one at Atlas) is that Atlas will take a hit by end of year on their classic fleet as well, don't know how accurate that is though.

 

[furloughfodder]

Thats the rumor I heard....

Haha, yeah no kidding. I would love to see them furlough all 140 guys at once. It would shut down the whole airline.

That would be almost like a wildcat strike or something

 

[belchfire]

I find it amazing that Polar's classics are unprofitable
while Atlas' still are...

 

[cfire]

I find it amazing that Polar's classics are unprofitable
while Atlas' still are...

They said the same thing when Atlas Management moved the same Atlas A/C/routes over to Polar when we were in negotiations with the Atlas Pilot Group. You ate it up then and were happy to fly them while we furloughed. I guess the shoe is on the other foot now.

Judging on Bobb's character and a few others at Polar, I bet you guys don't have the cajones to pull off a strike that you have been bragging about.

 

[furloughfodder]

Good one Cfire. So Polar doesn't have the cojones to strike? What did we just do six months ago? (of course it was cut short after SCAtlas started flying all our freight)

Speaking of cojones, isn't it SCAtlas who chickened out right before going on strike during your last contract cooling off period and just rolled over and accepted the crap contract you now have?

 

[Classicdriver]

Good one Cfire. So Polar doesn't have the cojones to strike? What did we just do six months ago? (of course it was cut short after SCAtlas started flying all our freight)

Speaking of cojones, isn't it SCAtlas who chickened out right before going on strike during your last contract cooling off period and just rolled over and accepted the crap contract you now have?

You might want to check your facts. "Bobb" tried to fold three days into the cooling off period, but he neglected to have the other two MEC's present, so his "Stop the pain" didn't take. He had a yelling match with Worhte to get it settled and then had to pull out. Thats when your 10.5% raise was written in stone. You know when it was, when Jeff had to interrupt the employee conference because of happenings on the contract front.

AGAIN, POLAR had no freight. You were LOCKED out!!!! Shut down, not in operation, hence NO POLAR FREIGHT!

Again, ALL ATLAS'S fault. You bet!

 

[kevdog]

I saw an Atlas 400 ahead of us for take-off out of MIA with a Polar call-sign. What's up with that?

 

[mar]

Shells and peas

Believe it or not, Polar is an ACMI customer of Atlas.

It's all part of the game.

 

[furloughfodder]

I saw an Atlas 400 ahead of us for take-off out of MIA with a Polar call-sign. What's up with that?

Yeah it sucks, but Atlas is flying over 200 flights a month for Polar (while we furlough).

Like mar said, it's a shell game.