Weary travelers hope the overdue paychecks will end the hours-long waits in security at several major U.S. airports.
Most Transportation Safety Administration officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown, the agency said. Weary travelers hope the overdue paychecks will lead to the end of theEven before Acting TSA Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said most employees had received at least two full paychecks, wait times at some of the airports that have seen the longest lines, such as Atlanta, Houston, and Baltimore, had improved significantly on Monday.
"Working without pay forced more than 500 officers to leave TSA, and thousands were forced to call out," Bis said. It remains unknown how long it will take for airportto normalize - and how long federal immigration officers will stay in airports - as the busy spring break travel season continues., the Transportation Safety Administration said the first paychecks in weeks are being sent as early as Monday to its workers, giving the beleaguered aviation system a boost of optimism. Wait times at some TSA security bottlenecks, such as the airport checkpoints in Atlanta and Houston, improved significantly Monday morning.to consistently return to normal - and how long federal immigration officers will stay in airports - remains unknown as the busy spring break travel season continues.as TSA workers missing paychecks stopped going to work. Those workers were just recovering financially since last fall's extended government shutdown. Wait times still pushed beyond two hours at New York's LaGuardia Airport Monday morning. Baltimore-Washington International Airport had minimal wait times on Monday morning, but continued to advise travelers to arrive three hours before their scheduled departure.to ease the lines plaguing airports. The move came after Trump rejected bipartisan congressional efforts to fund the TSA while negotiations continue withDemocrats are demanding better identification for the officers, judicial warrants in some cases, and for agents to refrain from conducting raids around schools, churches or other sensitive places. Republicans and the White House have been willing to negotiate on some points, but the sides have yet to reach a final agreement. On Monday, there were few signs of progress on Capitol Hill, where the Senate held a short session without considering the House bill and resumed its two-week break. GOP Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota said afterward that Senate Republicans are talking with Democrats and also the House as they try to find a way to funding DHS. TSA employees had gone without pay since DHS funding lapsed in February. The department's shutdown reached 44 days on Sunday, eclipsing theas TSA workers missing paychecks stopped going to work. Those workers had already endured the nation's longest government shutdown last fall. Multiple airports experienced greater than 40% callout rates, and nearly 500 of the agency's nearly 50,000 transportation security officers quit during the shutdown.to some airports a week ago to help with security as TSA callouts rose nationwide. How long they stay, White House border czar Tom Homan said, depends on how quickly TSA employees return to work. A TSA statement said the agency "has immediately begun the process of paying its workforce," with paychecks arriving "as early as Monday." The overall absentee rate among TSA officers scheduled to work dipped slightly on Sunday, according to DHS. The highest were concentrated at major airports that have seen consistently elevated absences lately. Those included BWI, both of Houston's main airports; Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans; Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport; and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.AccuWeather: Clouding up, warmer
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