I feel for everyone involved in this mess. 11 months ago, a decision process that took me 6 months to work through resulted in my decision to resign from the company instead of dealing with the furlough mess. There were a slew of reasons, the primary being the opportunity cost lost in doing something else more productive with my time than to wait around to be f'ed at the exclusive whim of TSA (in more ways than one).

I'll admit, when the news of this recall came out, I felt a tad of remorse for the decision I made and even had a tough time sleeping that night. While I felt great for my old TSA buddies, I knew the road that I committed to 11 months ago wouldn't lead to another professional cockpit for at least 3 or 4 years - 1 of those is nearly up now.

However, this whole debacle totally obliterated any remorseful feelings I had and just served to reiterate to myself the thought process I went through before I went in and dumped my stuff on DH's desk.

I figured TSA wouldn't recall for a loooong time and hedged my bets that even if they did recall, it would coincide with the beginning of a marked industry wide rebound. That marked growth would lead to the ability to get on with a company that is potentially worth a damn.

Long story short - if you've got something else - AT ALL - and TSA is your only game plan right now, I'd strongly suggest a change in path if at all possible. This recent episode just proves that their view of managing employees is akin to placing an order for airplane tires - "opps, I'd like to cancel my order!"