{"id":392099,"date":"2026-03-23T20:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/delta-staff-tsa-shortage-atlanta-6-hour-lines\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:25:12","slug":"6-hour-lines-delta-staff-step-in-as-tsa-shortages-paralyze-atlanta-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=392099","title":{"rendered":"6-Hour Lines: Delta Staff Step In As TSA Shortages Paralyze Atlanta Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the ongoing government shutdown continues to hamper commercial aviation operations at airports all over the United States, wait times at security checkpoints are only getting longer. Staff shortages at major hubs have been exacerbated by increased absence rates due toTSA<\/a><\/span> officers, who are federal employees, being made to work without pay, resulting in congestion at checkpoints and many passengers therefore missing their flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Errors on the airport’s website have compounded the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,565,579,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-delta-air-lines","category-hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-international-airport","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t