Airline Chiefs Urge Quick End to Shutdown to Shield Spring Travel
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Top airline CEOs urge Congress to end the 29-day partial shutdown and fund the DHS so roughly 50,000 TSA officers can be paid, warning unpaid staff are causing long security lines and travel disruptions as spring travel surges; they also call for legislation ensuring pay for critical aviation workers during future shutdowns.
- Airline CEOs urge Congress to end shutdown and pay airport TSA officers The Guardian
- One month later, White House and Democrats no closer to ending the DHS shutdown Politico
- CEOs of top airlines demand Congress restore funding to Homeland Security and pay airport workers CNBC
- TSA workers grapple with loss of first paycheck: ‘I don’t want to depend on anybody else’ CNN
- US airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers Reuters
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