A summer of travel chaos may be looming across the United States given the Transportation Security Administration has yet to hire for 3,800 of the 6,000 security screening positions it's aiming to fill. The TSA had planned to hire the 6,000 security checkpoint officers by summer due to the expected increase in travel due to the number of Americans being vaccinated and decreasing COVID-19 infections. A summer of travel chaos may be looming across the United States given the Transportation Security Administration has yet to fill 3,800 of the security screening positions they are aiming for. For much of last year, TSA officers were kept home and the agency slowed hiring during the pandemic; 16 workers have died of COVID, the Post reports. United Airlines also revealed last week it was adding more than 480 daily flights to its domestic schedule in June to meet summer travel demand.

Source: Daily Mail April 28, 2021 16:24 UTC