anotherthing, my post was an observation on what seems often to be a blinkerd view taken by NATS on the value of experience gained elsewhere, I'm afraid that it was your post that brought it to mind.
You make one crucial point - loyalty is a two-way thing and not a right that Scooby Don't, or anyone else, can demand. But fewer and fewer employers seem to recognise it these days. We are moving into an era where bean-counter controlled companies with the idea that controllers, or any other skilled and professional group, can be hired and fired as the resource demand requires. Is it any wonder then that some people forget about the two-way thing and just follow the money?