Travelers push to restore TSA pay during ongoing shutdown
TL;DR
Travelers nationwide are pressing lawmakers to restore TSA officers’ pay as the government shutdown continues, arguing that funding and staffing the checkpoints is essential to keeping airports running smoothly and securely regardless of destination or politics.
- For airline travelers, the shutdown answer is simple: Pay TSA officers AP News
- 20 US airports don’t have TSA. Passengers there are not seeing long lines CNN
- More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began NBC News
- More TSA Workers Expected to Skip Work if They Miss Another Paycheck WSJ
- Roller coaster of wait times at Atlanta airport as Trump says he’ll deploy ICE AJC.com
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