A couple of additional comments:
The blond newsbabe at the beginning of the story could tell me that the sun rises in the west and I would believe her!
The AFSD is still employes as an SES federal civil servant.
The union rep has given us a glimpse of life-after-unions. Individual screening clerks will go public with a lot more of these types of things. This will further erode the image of the TSA and will be a catalyst for what we hope is an eventual meltdown. Their internal conflicts will become more public, which is a good thing. I'm mercenary enough to be pleased by the prospect of unions killing the TSA, if that's what it takes.