As T.S.A. staff shortages continued on Friday, some airports saw interminably long wait times, while others barely had a wait at all, adding to travelers’ confusion.
Airport security lines are stretching for hours at some major hubs, but at others, travelers are through in minutes.
More than 40 days into the partial government shutdown, wait times at airport security checkpoints nationwide have reached historic levels.
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Lines were long at airports nationwide Tuesday amid T.S.A. staffing shortages, but passengers at Bush Intercontinental Airport waited more than four hours to pass through checkpoints.
Wait times are exceeding four hours at some major airports, leading TSA officers to call out at rates of 40 to 50%, according to TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill.
Senators’ bipartisan compromise to end the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown appears to be falling apart. Acting TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill testified this morning that airport security wait times are the highest they’ve ever been. McNeill says call-out rates among TSA workers have hit 40 percent to 50 percent at some airports. (For context, she says the call-out rate is usually around 4 percent.) Read more here: https://thehill.com/newsletters/1230-report/5800237-iran-us-swap-ceasefire-demands-while-trump-deploys-more-troops/ #tsa #dhs #shutdown
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Callouts have spiked nationwide this week, with some airports seeing up to 40% of agents missing their shifts.