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If you're familiar with Centers, then I suggest you talk to the blond headed female controller at ZAB if she hasn't retired already.
She was at Seymour during that time, and she knows of the controllers who were flown to Jacksonville, FL., to Daytona Beach, to Hobby and to IAH, and then there were controllers sent to Lees Burgh VA.
It happened, and the facilities that 98 percent of the FAA controllers walk out on, had to do something, and do it quick.
After watching some of the controllers just 30 minutes, they left them on their own, and were comfortable doing it.
They didn't have time to waste on needless procedures, because they had other positions that need filling, and other USAF controllers to brief, put into position, watch for a few minutes until they were comfortable that the temporary controllers from the USAF weren't going to run two together, and get them checked out.
The FAA supervisors on duty were working air traffic, briefing USAF controllers and evaluating them for just who needed training and who was ready to work on their own.
It happened at some facilities, and some controllers, like Jimmy Bell were rewarded for it on a National Level by the FAA, and by President Reagan.

Now put that in your pipe and choke on it.

Rant all you wish, but facts be facts.....NO uncertified personnel were allowed to handle traffic.

And that was on Reagan's orders.

Chicago was the top priority in efforts to keep a certain level of traffic flying.

A guy named Bob Thorn was the main FAA 'architect' of contingency plans. He and Helms had briefed Reagan on the level of traffic they thought we could run if the strikers were fired. Reagan's response was if the minimum level could not be SAFELY handled, he would Federalize ATC. He stressed that safety must not be compromised.

All managers were aware of the safety mandate, from Reagan, and you continue to believe that they would defy that?

Don't think much of Reagan, do ya?