The sale has only made the current man power shortage worse. I can think of 3 engineers who have retired or just left the company in the last 3 months, because they want to have no part of what is to come. I have a feeling that many crews wont be so keen to how much they are monitored, between inward facing cameras, tracking systems, etc...
I think that its the general consensus that there has been a lack of supervision when it comes to crews, which has resulted in some well known time wasters on the east end. That will definitely change under CSX, but I have a hard time believing that they will be able to retain large portions of the current work force due to the nature of the changes.
Its not just an issue with Pan Am, CP has had a hard time keeping positions filled after the CMQ takeover, and thats with higher pay than CSX as well as sign on bonuses. Prior to the takeover CMQ had to cut Job 1/2 back to 3 days a week because crews on the Quebec side were jumping ship prior to the sale. Since then, there has been a revolving door of crews. CP lost several guys to Irving, as well as several who had enough years in to retire. Last year they had quite the crew shortage and were bringing in "new" CP crews from the mid-west. Quite a few of those guys got done after a few months and moved back west.
CSX will be hard pressed to find existing crews that will be willing to adjust to the level of Class 1 micromanagement. The current labor market has been discussed several times in other topics. Its hard to find someone who wants to work unpredictable hours until they get enough seniority, work 12 hours a day as well as staying away from home, when half a dozen companies in the same area are offering the same if not better pay with regular hours.