Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: "This is insane"

[EvilEyeFleegle]

The beat goes on. Just send them all home...TSA...and open the gates.
Put a couple of air marshals on each flight and roll.

Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: "This is insane"

"This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," one traveler said as TSA lines snaked through George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

www.cbsnews.com

Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless TSA security lines caused by a severe staffing shortage.

"This is insane," one traveler said. "This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," said another.

The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport snaked underground, across terminals and even outside as 36% of TSA officers there called out of work amid a partial government shutdown that has frozen their paychecks.

Among those spotted in the security line Wednesday morning was former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, waiting for two hours and counting.

Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting "6 to 8 hours" on Monday in the long security line in Houston, so she slept at the airport and tried again the next day, finally arriving home Tuesday afternoon.

"TSA was only two people working," she told CBS News Boston. "The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor."

Some travelers said they don't blame TSA officers for the substantial wait times, but instead blame the government, which is deadlocked over funding.

 

[1srelluc]

I don't blame them much if at all.

That said after the last dem shutdown they got a 10K bonus if they did not call in.

Secretary Noem Gives TSA Officers $10,000 Bonus for Above and Beyond Service During Democrats’ Shutdown | Homeland Security

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that TSA officers with exemplary service during the government shutdown will be receiving a $10,000 bonus in appreciation for their hard work and service to the American people.

www.dhs.gov

 

[Lesh]

The beat goes on. Just send them all home...TSA...and open the gates.
Put a couple of air marshals on each flight and roll.

Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: "This is insane"

"This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," one traveler said as TSA lines snaked through George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

www.cbsnews.com

Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless TSA security lines caused by a severe staffing shortage.

"This is insane," one traveler said. "This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," said another.

The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport snaked underground, across terminals and even outside as 36% of TSA officers there called out of work amid a partial government shutdown that has frozen their paychecks.

Among those spotted in the security line Wednesday morning was former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, waiting for two hours and counting.

Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting "6 to 8 hours" on Monday in the long security line in Houston, so she slept at the airport and tried again the next day, finally arriving home Tuesday afternoon.

"TSA was only two people working," she told CBS News Boston. "The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor."

Some travelers said they don't blame TSA officers for the substantial wait times, but instead blame the government, which is deadlocked over funding.

Can you blame them?

They haven’t gotten paid in over a month

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

What's insane is Congressional Republicans refusing to enact necessary reforms to prevent criminal ICE thugs from murdering more Americans.

 

[luiza]

America looks more and more like a Banana State every day .
Seems that more organised and clever people like educated Moslems are needed to solve the US Brain Drain .,

 

[MisterBeale]

Simple solution, get rid of the TSA, and let airlines be in charge of their own security.




The price of the best security will be factored into the ticket price.


Any airline that, through incompetence or being cheap, allows a terrorist attack, then needs to be liable for damages.

 

[airplanemechanic]

Privatize airport security.

Problem solved.

 

[MisterBeale]

Delta STOPS Flight Assistance For CONGRESS Amid TSA Funding CRISIS | RISING​

 

[protectionist]

What's insane is Congressional Republicans refusing to enact necessary reforms to prevent criminal ICE thugs from murdering more Americans.

What's insane is YOU

 

[blackhawk]

During any full or partial government shutdown down members of Congress should not be paid until it is resolved. This wouldn’t prevent shutdowns but it might shorten the length.

 

[sealybobo]

The beat goes on. Just send them all home...TSA...and open the gates.
Put a couple of air marshals on each flight and roll.

Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: "This is insane"

"This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," one traveler said as TSA lines snaked through George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

www.cbsnews.com

Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless TSA security lines caused by a severe staffing shortage.

"This is insane," one traveler said. "This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," said another.

The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport snaked underground, across terminals and even outside as 36% of TSA officers there called out of work amid a partial government shutdown that has frozen their paychecks.

Among those spotted in the security line Wednesday morning was former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, waiting for two hours and counting.

Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting "6 to 8 hours" on Monday in the long security line in Houston, so she slept at the airport and tried again the next day, finally arriving home Tuesday afternoon.

"TSA was only two people working," she told CBS News Boston. "The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor."

Some travelers said they don't blame TSA officers for the substantial wait times, but instead blame the government, which is deadlocked over funding.

I thought I heard Republicans yesterday saying ICE is getting people through the lines in 40 minutes. I think that was fake news I saw.

 

[Darkwind]

I thought I heard Republicans yesterday saying ICE is getting people through the lines in 40 minutes. I think that was fake news I saw.

Then you are a liar.

No one has said that ICE has the lines down to 40 minutes. They have shaved over half the time it takes, but to say anything more is just a bald faced lie.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

America looks more and more like a Banana State every day .
Seems that more organised and clever people like educated Moslems are needed to solve the US Brain Drain .,

 

[sealybobo]

Then you are a liar.

No one has said that ICE has the lines down to 40 minutes. They have shaved over half the time it takes, but to say anything more is just a bald faced lie.

Point is, what I'm hearing is all they are doing is standing around doing nothing.

Or they aren't helping much.

it’s nothing more than window dressing and cheap theater and political performance to bring ICE agents in.

ICE personnel are not involved in sophisticated screenings, but instead assisting with activities that require less training.

TSA lost around 3,000 employees in 2025, or around 5% of its workforce, due to various firings and attrition measures.

In February 2025, the Trump administration began firing "several hundred" probationary employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Trump mishandles everything.

 

[Darkwind]

Point is, what I'm hearing is all they are doing is standing around doing nothing.

Or they aren't helping much.

it’s nothing more than window dressing and cheap theater and political performance to bring ICE agents in.

ICE personnel are not involved in sophisticated screenings, but instead assisting with activities that require less training.

TSA lost around 3,000 employees in 2025, or around 5% of its workforce, due to various firings and attrition measures.

In February 2025, the Trump administration began firing "several hundred" probationary employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Trump mishandles everything.

Change your source of information.

 

[SweetSue92]

The beat goes on. Just send them all home...TSA...and open the gates.
Put a couple of air marshals on each flight and roll.

Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: "This is insane"

"This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," one traveler said as TSA lines snaked through George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

www.cbsnews.com

Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless TSA security lines caused by a severe staffing shortage.

"This is insane," one traveler said. "This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," said another.

The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport snaked underground, across terminals and even outside as 36% of TSA officers there called out of work amid a partial government shutdown that has frozen their paychecks.

Among those spotted in the security line Wednesday morning was former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, waiting for two hours and counting.

Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting "6 to 8 hours" on Monday in the long security line in Houston, so she slept at the airport and tried again the next day, finally arriving home Tuesday afternoon.

"TSA was only two people working," she told CBS News Boston. "The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor."

Some travelers said they don't blame TSA officers for the substantial wait times, but instead blame the government, which is deadlocked over funding.

Ridiculous. CONGRESS should not be paid when they shut stuff down.

 

[sealybobo]

Change your source of information.

Sure I'll go to your source which only heaps praise on our idiot and chief

While the U.S.-Israeli campaign has hit Iran’s military and government hard, killing top leaders and striking scores of targets, Iran continues to fire missiles and there is no sign of an uprising against the government.

For Iran’s leadership, by contrast, merely outlasting the onslaught could be seen as victory. It may be hoping to get the U.S. to back down because it is successfully roiling the world economy with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz — raising prices at the pump for drivers, prices in the grocery store for families and costs for businesses the world over.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, President Donald Trump called on Iran to seriously engage with the U.S. “before it is too late,” warning that failure to do so would have dire consequences for Tehran.

“The Iranian negotiators are very different and ‘strange.’ They are ‘begging’ us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, and yet they publicly state that they are only ‘looking at our proposal.’ WRONG!!!” Trump wrote.

“They better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be pretty!” he added.

But I thought they gave Trump a very expensive gift that he won't say what it is???

 

[toobfreak]

The beat goes on. Just send them all home...TSA...and open the gates.
Put a couple of air marshals on each flight and roll.

True dat. There really is no justification for these long lines. Airlines got along just fine for generations without TSA. TSA has really only been necessary on four flights, all on 9/11, and they missed all of those. The hijackers didn't even want to know how to land a plane and they were still missed.

There is no justification to these lines. Holding someone for 8 hours in line till they miss their flight is unreasonable. TSA and the airlines need to adjust their policies temporarily to screen faster, focusing just on the people which profiling indicates are your highest risk passengers! Or would that be too non-PC? We'll take our chances and just hope no airline gets hijacked before this war on America by the democrats ends.

Better still, the GOP should have some emergency measure by which they can summarily override the democrat interference and get the ball rolling.

Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting "6 to 8 hours"

There is simply no call for that. If anything, these planes should not take off until people in line can actually catch their flights.

 

[Blaster]

Why fly when you can drive?

 

[Pastelli]

The beat goes on. Just send them all home...TSA...and open the gates.
Put a couple of air marshals on each flight and roll.

Shock and disbelief at Houston airport as 36% of TSA officers call out of work: "This is insane"

"This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," one traveler said as TSA lines snaked through George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

www.cbsnews.com

Travelers at a Houston airport voiced shock and disbelief over seemingly endless TSA security lines caused by a severe staffing shortage.

"This is insane," one traveler said. "This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my entire life," said another.

The line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport snaked underground, across terminals and even outside as 36% of TSA officers there called out of work amid a partial government shutdown that has frozen their paychecks.

Among those spotted in the security line Wednesday morning was former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, waiting for two hours and counting.

Nay Dedrick of Boston said she missed her flight after waiting "6 to 8 hours" on Monday in the long security line in Houston, so she slept at the airport and tried again the next day, finally arriving home Tuesday afternoon.

"TSA was only two people working," she told CBS News Boston. "The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor."

Some travelers said they don't blame TSA officers for the substantial wait times, but instead blame the government, which is deadlocked over funding.

There is an agreement