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Government shutdown. mass sickouts at major airports across the country are happening. hundreds of transportation security administration officers who are working without pay are calling in sick. now officials with the tsa say at least three major airports are being impacted here. >> at new yorks jfk as many as 170 employees called out each day this week. callouts have increased by nearly 300% at dallas-fort worth national airport. and two north carolina airports have experienced a 10% increase....

Afford child care, so they have to stay at home with their kids. others may have to find other employment, because even though the shutdown continues, of course, their obligations also continue, to pay their bills and pay their rent. how will this affect you, the passenger, who could be headed to the airport, sometime soon? well, there are various tsa heads that report that they are concerned that this could potentially lead to a less secure travel environment. that is because you can see less p...

Searches. the transportation security administration responding to that in a statement, fred, i want to read you a portion of what the travel agency had to say. essentially hoping to calm any concerns for the traveling public. they say calls out began over the holiday period and have increased but theyre causing minimal impact. the tsa went on to say that security effectiveness will not be compromised and also performance standards will not change. however, interesting note here, they also write...

Hundreds of transportation security officers who are working without pay are calling out sick. at least three major airports are being impacted here. a spokesman says security effectiveness will not be compromised and performance standards will not change. a cnn transportation analyst and former inspector general at the department of transportation. >> when you have this many out sick, you have to assume this is organized to some it degree, yes? >> well, one would assume but lets hope not and re...

Austin texas. this home land security subcommittee investigated the airport insider threat and found employees willing to smuggle gun, drugs even explosives onto aircrafts. that report reads in part these airports are unable to demonstrate the security effectiveness of their existing employees screening ef forts which con seus of randomized screening of tsa officers or airport law enforcement personnel. in this case they found government employees willing to smuggle anything on to these planes f...