Airline CEOs Urge Congress to End Shutdown Amid TSA Staffing Issues
Airline chief executives are criticizing lawmakers for politicizing air travel and are urging Congress to quickly end the partial government shutdown, which has left TSA workers unpaid and caused long wait times and staffing strains at airports.
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Airline CEOs urge Congress to end shutdown and pay airport TSA officers
Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officers’ absences The CEOs of major US airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay, warning it could further disrupt US air travel. Absences by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers had already disrupted travel at some major airports over the previous week, ra...
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