Originally Posted by
CardboardCutout
Omni carries pax. Has this escaped your vast critical thinking skills?
Swift and Eastern do also, as does Atlas. Omni is/was free to have joined the cargo cult, it did not. So was that a conscious decision on the part of Omni - or is that by decree from the parent company (ties into the A330 rumor as well)?
Insofar as I can tell it seems that Omni is on a similar trajectory to National's (as far as fleet count and market engagement) rather than the trajectory of others like Atlas* and Kalitta - which would indicate stagnant wages and flying, though no risk of anything like BK or liquidation (unless ATSG goes full Lorenzo, which I wouldn't put past them).
*I'm not sure how Atlas pay compares to current Omni pay since their new contract doesn't seem to have been updated to APC, but I imagine it's at least on par - to wit, is there any apparent indication that ATSG may be planning similar legal maneuvers to Atlas' against their union?