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TSA wait times: How to check them online

Mashable·Chase DiBenedetto·6 months ago
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If you have been one of the millions of flyers hit by hours-long TSA wait times, or if you're one of the thousands of TSA agents working without pay during the partial federal shutdown: I am sorry. As of March 24, more than 2 million travelers were passing through TSA daily, experiencing up to 6-hour wait times at the busiest airports. More than 480 TSA officers have quit in the 40-days since Department of Homeland Security funding lapsed. Another 3,000 have called out of work. The agents, who make $35,000 per year on average, have now missed two full pay periods . The situation has been exacerbated by the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at terminals across the U.S. Deployed by the Trump administration as a proposed solution to understaffing , flyers have already reported ICE agents detaining flyers at San Francisco International Airport. Most major airports are now recommending travelers arrive around 4 hours before their flights to get through the lines with time to spare.…

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