Originally Posted by
744driver
I agree with you CandlerKid...
DC8, I think that the point that I wanted to make and certainly should have is that the business plan that "old Polar" had was not sustainable at the time that Atlas bought Polar. Had it stayed that way, Polar would not have survived...and I submit to you that the Polar business plan is now based on the ACMI model, but with only one customer, DHL.
I agree that the Atlas business model is a more long term sustainable plan. I even understand the need for flexibility and the nature of the ACMI world. We just have nothing in our current contract that compensates us for our flexibility. I perhaps should have approached my original post a little more tact; but, after a day with 6 schedule changes in an hour, 4 rolling delays, bad catering and the preceding 7 days having to defend myself every day from illegal schedule changes, defending my basic rights under my CBA, threatened with chief pilot calls just for demanding what is provided for me in my CBA, it's really hard to have a good attitude and walk around drinking the Atlas cool aid (not saying you guys are). Things need to change here big time; I'm confident they will.