The partial government shutdown is causing new concerns for air travel. At Sea-Tac Airport, Transportation Security Administration offic...
The partial government shutdown is causing new concerns for air travel.
At Sea-Tac Airport, Transportation Security Administration officers are showing the strains of working without a paycheck and some are threatening to quit. That could end up hurting air travelers if security checkpoints turn into "chokepoints."
Because the government considers them “essential,” TSA officers remain on the job during the federal shutdown. However, the local union president said that may not last.
“If they don't get a check within two weeks, they have to make a decision whether to get a job somewhere else or get a part time job or quit TSA altogether,” said Cairo D’Almeida, the AFGE Local 1121 President.
Many TSA workers have families to support and bills to pay. If they quit that could reduce the number of checkpoint screening lanes available for passengers.
“I just think that the lines would be longer and I don't really like to wait in line so I'd be bummed,” said Merina Rainville, who was flying to California.
In a tweet, TSA addressed reports of sick calls at other airports around the country, saying "security effectiveness will not be compromised and performance standards will not change. Wait times may be affected."
Air travelers said the politics being played in Washington, D.C. is frustrating.
“If the president is so concerned about security, he ought to be thinking about what the impact of his steps are on airport security,” said Joe Rubio.
Don’t let the door hit you where the good lord split you then.
ReplyDeleteWe do not need any TSA checkpoints......they are totally unnecessary at this point. They serve NO purpose except torment the air travelers.....Who have they caught? No one.... They are just another way to control the masses with bullshit....
ReplyDeleteQuit!
ReplyDeleteThey have all the qualifications to be Fast Food servers.
When your Boss/Uncle Sam, won't provide any TSA employee with a radiation exposure badge, while working in the proximity of xray radiation, on a daily basis.
And you being too stupid to realize it.
Seals your own fate, as the expendable rube, they were counting on you being.
It would be good to get rid of a few. Have you ever wondered why they need dozens of these TSA's to get a single line of people through a metal detector?
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