March 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said just
over 10% of Transportation Security Administration airport
security officers on Sunday did not show up for work as a
partial government shutdown stretches to 30 days, showing no end
in sight.
The standoff in Congress has forced 50,000 airport security
officers to work without pay and prompted CEOs of the nation's
largest airlines on Sunday to call for a quick end as spring
break travel is in full swing.
Typically about 2% of TSA workers call in sick or do not
report to work. At Atlanta, New York JFK and Houston, the rates
for not showing up for work have been about 20% since Feb. 14
when funding expired.