MORNING HEADLINES | Charleston International is among more than 100 U.S. airports urging Congress to end a month-long funding standoff that has upended the nation’s air-travel system. More than 50,000 Transportation Security Administration agents have been working without pay across the nation, and more than 450 have quit.
The CEOs under the Airports Council International-North America and the American Association of Airport Executives, meanwhile, have banded together with officials to pen a letter to lawmakers, urging a resolution and citing concerns “about the growing operational disruptions at airports.”
“This has caused lengthy wait times during an already busy period with peak spring break travel,” the letter states. “The impacts of the shutdown are significant, growing, and potentially long-lasting.”
Elliott Summey of Charleston International was the only South Carolina airport executive to sign the plea, doing so on behalf of the agency that owns and operates CHS.
“Our people are suffering,” Summey said, adding that TSA workers are facing the financial strain of not being able to afford the cost of living without a paycheck.
As of March 24, TSA officers have gone more than a month without pay and unscheduled absences have led to lengthy security lines. 1,500 TSA workers in South Carolina have gone without pay.
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