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posted by takyon on Monday January 07 2019, @09:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the groped-into-it dept.

Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work without paychecks through the partial government shutdown, have called out from work this week from at least four major airports, according to two senior agency officials and three TSA employee union officials.

The mass call outs could inevitably mean air travel is less secure, especially as the shutdown enters its second week with no clear end to the political stalemate in sight. "This will definitely affect the flying public who we (are) sworn to protect," Hydrick Thomas, president of the national TSA employee union, told CNN.


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  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday January 07 2019, @12:42PM (1 child)

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Monday January 07 2019, @12:42PM (#783138)

    I meant the potential for deadlock. I should have been more clear.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @06:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @06:56PM (#783294)

    > I meant the potential for deadlock. I should have been more clear.

    Let me 'splain something to you. When the US Gov't is deadlocked is the best time. They dick around with themselves in Washington DC and for the most part leave the rest of the country alone. We can usually take care of ourselves without their help (scary words, "I'm a Fed, I'm here to help you").