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It looks like the worst of the airport chaos is coming to an end. Loading audio narration… Wait times at security checkpoints have plummeted at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, which was one of the hardest hit by Transportation Security Administration staffing shortages.While last week it warned passengers of four-hour lines,…
The airport chaos may not be over yet, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are set to remain at many airports across the US.Tom Homan, the White House’s border czar, told CBS News on Sunday that ICE would remain “until the airports feel like they’re 100%.”It comes after President Donald…
Travelers checking in at United Airlines' Premier Access desk at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.JOSHUA LOTT/AFP via Getty ImagesSome passengers have figured out a way to get through TSA fast.Passengers told Business Insider they shelled out for first-class tickets to get past snaking lines.Several airlines do offer first-class passengers expedited priority lines…
US airports are a mess right now.The partial government shutdown has resulted in hourslong security lines at some major US airports, as employees of the Transportation Security Administration have been working unpaid since February 14. Early Friday, the Senate voted to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Heather Wagenknecht, a vice president of sales for a company that deploys towers for public safety and telecom from Batavia, Illinois. It has been edited for length and clarity.As the VP of sales for my company, I average between 100 and…
As lines snake across airports and Transportation Security Administration workers clock in for another day without pay, a major turning point in the ongoing chaos looms on March 27. Loading audio narration… Come Friday, around 47,000 TSA workers are set to miss yet another paycheck, according to their union, the…
Some airlines are waiving change fees for passengers affected by hourslong waits at airport security.Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Allegiant have issued advisories giving travelers more flexibility during the ongoing travel chaos.Due to a partial government shutdown, TSA agents have been working without pay since February 14. As a…
Those long TSA lines may not be going away anytime soon. Loading audio narration… President Donald Trump on Sunday night threw a new wrench into ongoing Capitol Hill negotiations to fund the Department of Homeland Security, demanding that Republicans refuse to make a deal with Democrats unless the “SAVE America…
For five weeks, the people screening passengers and bags at US airports have been working without pay as the government shutdown — the second in four months — stretches on.It’s hitting a workforce that often lives paycheck to paycheck on middle-class salaries and is turning to food banks and community…
As a government shutdown snarls air travel and stretches security lines, Las Vegas’s biggest industry is stepping in to show its support for unpaid TSA agents. Loading audio narration… MGM Resorts International — the largest casino company on the Las Vegas Strip with a large portfolio of hotels, including the…
