While not trying to reduce the effectiveness of the FAU, the reality is very few of them have as far to fall as we do. Perhaps for the ISMs and SPs, it is a difficult job to replace, but for the rest it doesn't take much to make up for the loss of their job. I am 100% supportive of the AOA, and I do feel we are horribly ineffective in many ways, but you are comparing apples and oranges.
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