Airports could be forced into doomsday scenario if Dem DHS shutdown drags on: ‘We’re fully stretched’
NY Post
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.
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