From Daily Mail: Airports across the country could be on the verge of shutting down as TSA agents continue mass callouts with the agency still shut down.
Wait times to pass security have already stretched to around two hours nationwide after TSA workers’ pay was stopped but now TSA’s acting deputy administrator, Adam Stahl, said that entire airports may come to a halt.
‘It’s not hyperbole to suggest that we may have to quite literally shut down airports, particularly smaller ones, if call-out rates go up,’ he said.
A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance Friday in the Senate, meaning Stahl’s prediction could come closer to reality soon.
“We make these determinations on an airport-by-airport basis,” Stahl told CNN on Wednesday. “As the weeks continue, our TSA officers, as long as they don’t get paid, they’re going to continue to call out, they can’t afford to come in, and they’re going to quit altogether.”
TSA agents are essential for airport operations.
Smaller airports may be more likely to face closures due to staffing shortages.
Read more at Daily Mail
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