The Transportation Security Administration has asked some of its office workers to help security officers with a surge of summer travel at the nation's airports, a TSA official said Thursday.
The ask, including to local administrative offices, comes in addition to a campaign aiming to hire 6,000 workers. The official said it has hired 3,100 transportation security officers -- the blue-shirted checkpoint employees -- so far this year.
. The official said offices"have been sending up volunteers throughout the week and they've been accepted to deploy."The official characterized the request as the sort the agency typically makes around busy travel periods, such as Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The pandemic put TSA workers on the front lines and employees initially raised concerns about the protocols to protect themselves.TSA Administrator David Pekoske and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have sought to address the concerns about pay and career progression, and the official said attrition is currently lower than before the pandemic.
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