Originally Posted by
woog315
I know management isn't treating pilots exactly the way they want to be treated at the moment, but what exactly is "unstable" about Atlas? They seem to be executing their business plan very well, and it seems like a pretty decent place to work.
You seem to know a lot about what Atlas is going through right now so that is a surprising question from you.
Just to be clear, "instability" refers to the fact that Atlas has a big aircrew labor problem on their hands. They have an extremely high pilot turnover rate right now and they are planning for growth that they cannot currently staff. Both Atlas Teamsters and Southern Teamsters have completed strike votes with over 99% authorizing strikes. This allows the unions to call for a strike under several scenarios including incidents where the company grievously violates the contract (and things like this have already happened). And Atlas management is engaged in an underhanded effort to subvert our contract negotiations and we have had the NMB side with our union to bring Atlas management back to the negotiating table after a flagrant no-show for an earlier week long negotiating session.
Atlas is executing a very aggressive and very successful growth plan. They have had many years of stable profits. It is a well run company. So, yes, there IS stability here.
Just not with their largest and most critical employee group.
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