Travel Delays
Airline passengers make their way through the security lines, next to a closed screening area, in Terminal C at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Houston.
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The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown. Weary travelers hope the overdue paychecks will end the hours-long waits in security at several major U.S. airports. Wait times began improving when the TSA workers were promised their first paychecks in weeks. Bottlenecks disappeared at airports in Atlanta and Houston on Monday morning. But wait times pushed past two hours at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA officers immediately to ease the lines.
