TSA warns of staffing shortages at more than 100 airports, looks for volunteers

They are currently offering $1,000 as an officer recruitment incentive.

As more travelers take to the skies, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is projecting that 131 of the nation's airports will experience staffing shortages this month. Acting TSA Administrator Darby LaJoye is now asking office employees to volunteer at airports for up to 45 days. The volunteers would handle non-screening functions such as on-boarding for new hires and management of security lines. Catalina Cuervo, who traveled through Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Tuesday, called it a "nightmare [she] never lived before." She said she had to sleep on the floor with hundreds of passengers unable to make their connecting flights or get an Uber to a hotel and then she faced "hour-long lines" from one side of the airport to the other.