Email: TSA makes plea for backup (250) as shutdown drags on
Washington (CNN)The Transportation Security Administration is making a plea for 250 people to bolster its workforce of backup officers, the latest sign the agency is straining under the pressure of the shutdown, according to an internal email sent Monday morning from a TSA executive and obtained exclusively by CNN.
The email, sent to TSA officials in more than 10 states with more than 100 airports, asks for employees to move from their home airports to those airports struggling with low staffing, an indication the agency is bracing for even more callouts.
The email is the latest example of increasing anxiety within TSA about the rising number of callouts as employees prepare to miss a second paycheck this week. Ten percent of TSA's workforce had unexcused absences on Sunday, the agency said.
This is the second such request for more backup screeners to help fill staffing gaps, according to the email and a TSA official familiar with its contents.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/politics/tsa-shutdown-backup-email/index.html
