{"id":6070,"date":"2026-03-19T18:09:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:10:27","slug":"over-a-third-of-tsa-officers-call-out-at-3-major-u-s-airports-in-single-day-as-funding-standoff-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=6070","title":{"rendered":"Over a third of TSA officers call out at 3 major U.S. airports in single day as \u200cfunding standoff continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than 40% of TSA officers called out of work on Tuesday at the airport in Houston \u2014 one of three major airports in the U.S. where over a third of workers called out that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-19-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-19-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-19-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-19-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-19.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The workers aren&#8217;t getting paid, leading to a spike in call-out rates, as a partial government shutdown over a funding dispute continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Houston&#8217;s William P. Hobby Airport, 40.8% of TSA workers called out on Tuesday. At Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, nearly 36% of TSA officers called out, while more than 34% called out at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to TSA data. On Wednesday, the number in Atlanta rose to about 38%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the U.S., 9.88% of all TSA officers called out Tuesday and 10.16% called out on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The morale is getting worse by the day because no one knows when this is gonna end,&#8221; said Cameron Cochems, a union steward and lead TSA officer in Boise, Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cochems said people are &#8220;waiting in line because the government can&#8217;t do their job, and it&#8217;s ruining people&#8217;s lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Screening lines at airports are long because of the shortages of TSA employees. They missed their first full paycheck last Friday, and since then, the agency has seen a higher-than-average number of unscheduled absences.<br><br>An underlying stalemate in Washington isn&#8217;t budging, leaving TSA and the Department of Homeland Security without funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/markwayne-mullin-confirmation-hearing-live-updates-kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Markwayne Mullin<\/a>, President Trump&#8217;s pick to lead the Homeland Security department, said at his confirmation hearing Wednesday, &#8220;we have to get DHS funded. We have to. My friends, we have to set the partisan side down.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Philadelphia, flyers found three of six TSA checkpoints closed on Wednesday. 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