The thing is, in the end nobody gives a damn about it. This whole "I stood my ground for my personal freedom" gesturing and posturing will feel very hollow, and the regret will be there lingering for the rest of your life. How do I know? Because I've witnessed it before. Not sure if you ever heard of the "N90 11", but to make a long story short, back during the white book days, the agency fired 11 controllers at N90 for checking the wrong box in their annual medical forms. It was a union busting bullshit move, but whatever, fast forward to the important part, and all 11 gained their jobs back when the case went to the arbitrator. Now, one of the 11, who happened to be a good friend of mine, after getting his job back he decided to "stick it to them" by quitting, and opening up a tile business. At that point he had about 16 years in. We tried and tried to talk him out of it, but to no avail. He was convinced he would never regret it. Fast forward again another decade, and all of us that got hired together with him started to retire, while he struggled from one failed business to another, his wife left him, and had all kinds of health issues (and no insurance). Last I heard of him, he's still trying to get rehired to try patch together another 4 years for a minimum 20 year retirement, but (surprise), the FAA doesn't want to hire a washed up 50 something controller, so.....think about it very carefully, because the only one you'll stick it to is yourself.