ATLANTA — The Transportation Security Administration says most of its workers have been paid for the first time in over six weeks.
In a statement on Monday, TSA officials confirmed workers received backpay for at least two paychecks they have missed since the partial government shutdown started.
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The last time TSA workers were paid was the week of Feb. 14. Many officers have called out sick while nearly 500 have quit all together.
The low number of available TSA agents led to hours-long security lines at airports across the country, especially at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Channel 2 Action News spoke with passengers who said they waited as long as nine hours to get through security.
The lines appeared to have eased over the last few days at the Atlanta airport. Hartsfield-Jackson officials have also restored the wait times website, which was down for the past two weeks.
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