Airline bosses ask Congress to end the government shutdown as TSA workers go unpaid and travel chaos continues

We’re now one month into a partial U.S. government shutdown due to a Department of Homeland Security funding lapse. Yet, employees with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are still expected to show up for work.  As of last Friday, many TSA employees missed their first full payday and instead received $0 paychecks. Due to financial concerns, many have been calling out sick or resigning to find alternative income sources. Staffing issues have led to longer lines and increased wait times at U.S. airport security checkpoints nationwide. Now the CEOs of major U.S. airlines are publicly calling on Washington to end the shutdown. In an open letter to Congress, the executives demanded that lawmakers “immediately come together to reach an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security.”   The letter was signed by Robert Isom of American Airlines Group, Ed Bastian of Delta Air Lines, Scott Kirby of United Airlines, and Bob Jordan of Southwest Airlines, among o