Do your homework, man; TSA tried that. The TSA pilots told 'em to stuff it not once, but five separate times. At some point, you gotta cut your losses with people hell-bent on their own self destruction. Had the TSA pilots not been so hardnosed in their "negotiations", we wouldn't be having this discussion, and Thiago wouldn't be staring his first furlough in the face. But make no mistake, he has only the pilots who were at TSA then to blame.
And if you honestly base your respect for an individual on whether or not they agree with your views, well, that's kinda sad. Personally, I admire people who are true to themselves and stick to their guns in the face of adversity instead of selling themselves out and simply going along with the rest of the flock.