Oh, you said I'm just playing...I'm actually really just trying to understand this mess. I must be a bit confused, but you said "why would you leave a higher paying job for a lateral move to 'feed your family'?" Well...if TSA was going to furlough them, wouldn't they be making nothing, versus a lower wage that they were offered? I mean, something is better than nothing somteimes.
Also, do you have the payscale differences when all this happened? I'm really curious to see them.