Fox News senior correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest on how the stalemate has impacted air traffic control and flight times live from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on 'Special Report.'
As the lapse in funding at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues, TSA agents have been grappling with partial paychecks — and soon-to-be-empty paychecks if the shutdown persists.
These days, the shutdown is causing massive delays at some airports across the country, withwait times for travelersof 3.5 hours reported at major hubs due to officer shortages.
TheTSA website and apppaused operations on Feb. 17. The site "will not be updated until after funding is enacted," the TSA says on its site — leaving travelers high and dry when it comes to finding wait time information.
SHUTDOWN SPARKS FLIGHT CHAOS AS TSA LINES SPILL INTO PARKING LOTS WITH 3-HOUR WAITS OR LONGER
A TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Monday that staff managing the website and app have been furloughed.
"Some individual airports track [security line] wait times, [so] we would point them [in] that direction," said the spokesperson.
The TSA website and app paused operations on Feb. 17 — and "will not be updated until after funding is enacted," the TSA says on the site.(Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana advised passengers to arrive at the airport three hours early on Sunday via social media posts.
InHouston, Texas, the William Hobby Airport said on its website that travelers should "plan to arrive 4 hours before their scheduled departure to allow additional time for TSA security screening."
Source: Drudge Report
