Since the final company CBA proposal was posted June 7 resignations have exploded. 61 in the last 30 days, nearly 200 ytd. The worst month of attrition in Atlas history. 737 seat locks are being canceled to boost 777 staffing. It appears everyone who was on the fence about leaving isn’t anymore, and probably many who weren’t looking to move on.
Management is determined to keep their pilots at the worst pay, benefits and work rules in the industry as shown in their own words to the arbitrator. In short their brief was “Mr Arbitrator, reject all union proposals and give our pilots a CBA much less than all other ACMI’s and charter companies, or Atlas can’t compete in the marketplace.” In ten years they will repeat this same “process” as they call it; stopping any pilot vote as they’ve done since 2002.
If the arbitrator awards a contract per the company request, the only pilots left here in 18 months will be those too old to start over, some that live in base and those not hirable at other real airlines.