Posted on 03/17/2026 12:45:12 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — Airports across the country could soon be forced to shut down entirely due to the Democrat-led partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, a top TSA official warned Tuesday.
“We’re fully stretched,” acting Deputy Transportation Security Administration Administrator Adam Stahl told “Fox & Friends.”
“Frankly, there’s not much else we can do. As the weeks continue, if this continues, it’s not hyperbole to suggest that we may have to quite literally shut down airports, particularly smaller ones, if call-out rates go up.
“A lot of these officers can’t afford to come in.”
TSA screeners — who make an average of $45,000 per year — have been working without full pay for weeks, and cracks in the system are starting to rapidly show.
They received partial pay at the end of February and missed their full paychecks last Friday.
Airports across the country have been warning travelers to get to the airport 3 to 4 hours early to compensate for massive lines.
Fully 10% of TSA screeners called out of work on Sunday — up from around 2% daily before the shutdown.
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Start with Dulles and Reagan.
The less than worthless TSA couldn’t stop a stray cat. It is the biggest waste of taxpayer $$$ ever concocted by Washington DC.
Exactly how I remember flying in the 70s and 80s. Dashing for the door.
After 9/11, I was practically denuded at Bush Airport in Houston. With 500 of my closest friends. A whole battalion deploying to the Middle East. I beeped. Numerous times.
Each time I went through the metal detector, something beeped. TSA demanded I keep taking off more. First my uniform jacket. Beep. My belt and totally empty pockets. Beep. Boots off. Beep. Socks off. Beep. I'm standing in the terminal holding up my trousers in a t-shirt, barefoot. Beep.
By this time, there were several dozen civilians all around the terminal watching this kid being slowly undressed trying to get past TSA inspection to fly overseas and fight a war.
Some TSA genius said, "This guy ain't getting through" and he brought out one of those wand detectors. Squeak. Squeak. Around my ankle. Turns out I had a can of chewing tobacco with a metal lid in the ankle pocket of my trousers. Once we found that, and put the can of Copenhagen on the belt to be X-Rayed, I was cleared.
I swear some people in the terminal who had been watching this whole procedure, seeing a Soldier taking off everything but t-shirt, trousers, and skivvies, started clapping when I finally made it through security. This is the TSA.
How embarrassing.
Since 9/11/2001, the United States has spent over $1 trillion on domestic homeland security, a substantial portion of which is dedicated to aviation security, including the creation of the TSA. TSA’s gross outlays in 2013 alone were approximately $7.9 billion, funded by taxes and fees, with the agency growing to a workforce of over 60,000 to manage passenger screening.
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Trump is good, but we need a Penochete.
just undo what Obama did, and privatize airport security again!
then they are not government workers, and the problem is solved.
Kansas City and 19 other airports do that.
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