Source: Travel News
Passengers go through TSA screening. On Thursday, 6.4 percent of U.S. airport security officers were off the job, almost twice the 3.8 percent on the same day a year earlier, the Transportation Security Administration said Bloomberg
Skift Take: A good portion of the U.S. federal government is closed, and all kinds of functions are affected. But the nation's air transport system is getting extra attention, perhaps because long security lines make good television.