As TSA lines get longer and the situation at U.S. airports becomes more uncertain, there’s a method for flyers hoping to fast-pass security wait times. In addition to keeping tabs on TSA wait-time trackers, which are often available on individual airports’ websites, air travelers can also enroll in the TSA PreCheck Touchless ID program, a … Read more
TSA officer shortages cause travel chaos – CBS News Watch CBS News TSA officer shortages due to the partial government shutdown are causing chaos and long lines at airports across the U.S. CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave has more. Source link
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the agency is concerned about the growing number of sick calls among TSA officers, which is leading to long security lines at airports across the country. “If the call rate does climb, there could be scenarios where we may have to shut down airports,” he told CBS News. … Read more
TSA checkpoints forced to close as agents working without pay call out sick – CBS News Watch CBS News The situation at American airports have gone from bad to worse as parts of the Department of Homeland Security remain without funding. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is seeking to pin the blame on Republicans as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown begins to snarl air travel in his state despite repeatedly voting against funding bills. Ossoff, who is widely viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent running for … Read more
Lawmakers should have to live in the same world as their employees—and as those trapped in this travel nightmare. Source link
Air travelers faced hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of delays on Tuesday in the wake of powerful storms that struck the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard. Many airports also continue to struggle with disruption from reduced staffing at often-jammed security checkpoints amid a partial government shutdown that has lasted more than a month. The partial shutdown … Read more
Roughly 9,000 flights were canceled and 25,000 delayed since Sunday as a winter storm slammed parts of the U.S. It comes amid a TSA staffing shortage, as employees work without pay through the partial government shutdown. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source link
ATLANTA — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month. The disruptions come at an already challenging time for air travel, in part because the shutdown that … Read more
TSA worker explains decision to quit amid DHS shutdown: “My family had to come first” – CBS News Watch CBS News TSA sick calls have more than tripled during the DHS shutdown, just as the nation’s airlines expect a record 171 million flyers for spring break. Kris Van Cleave spoke to a TSA worker who … Read more