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TSA officers buy meals, stock pantries for airport co-workers affected by COVID-19

05/03/20
(Our story about TSA workers helping airport workers during the pandemic first appeared on CNBC in a slightly different version.) The steep decline in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered layoffs, furloughs and shortened work hours for many airport employees, including wheelchair attendants, baggage handlers, janitorial crews and concessions staff. But in →

Payback: TSA workers set up food banks, by meals for airport employees

04/13/20
Updating this story as new examples arrive. During the partial shutdown of the federal government in 2019, many TSA employees continued to show up for work despite missing paychecks. To help them out, airport employees, airlines and airport concessionaires around the country joined with social service agencies and the local community to stock pantries with →

How sad it is out there in the world of travel?

04/08/20
You know that the current health crisis has caused people to cancel trips and airlines to temporarily slash flight schedules to the bone. Here are few other measurements that underscore how bad it is right now. TSA screening numbers hit record low On Tuesday, April 7, the Transportation Security Administration screened just 97,310 passengers and →

TSA maps its COVID-19 cases

03/24/20
Airports are getting quieter and quieter, but some people are still flying. So Transportation Security Administration officers are among the workers who must still show up for work. Unfortunately, it turns out TSA workers aren’t immune to COVID-19 and there are have been some TSA officers who have tested positive for the virus. So it’s →

Fewer flights, but TSA + airports still fighting germs

03/13/20
Pretty much every airline is spooling out schedule cuts in response to reduced passenger demand, concerns about coronavirus and government-imposed restriction. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Etihad, Norwegian and Singapore Airlines are just a few carriers that have made serious schedule adjustments in the past few days. Fewer planes will be in the skies, but →
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