{"id":2310,"date":"2026-03-27T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:43:17","slug":"tsa-air-travel-passengers-airports-senate-deal-2026-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"The TSA Crisis Is Only One Piece of the Current Travel Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>A last-second TSA deal doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;ve seen the last of the travel problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player-container\">\n<div class=\"audio-player is-loading\" data-component-type=\"audio-player\" data-load-strategy=\"lazy\" data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/ai-audio.insider-prd.engineering\/post\/tsa-air-travel-passengers-airports-senate-deal-2026-3\/narration.mp3\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;ai_audio_narrator&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;subscription_experience&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\">\n                      <button class=\"audio-player-toggle-button\" aria-label=\"Play audio\"><\/p>\n<p>\n                          <span class=\"audio-player-label label-md-strong\">Loading audio narration&#8230;<\/span>\n                        <\/p>\n<p>                      <\/button>\n                    <\/div><\/div>\n<p>After weeks of travel chaos (you thought four-hour lines were bad? <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tsa-lines-atlanta-houston-united-delta-waive-change-fees-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">You ain&#8217;t seen nothing yet<\/a>), the Senate has moved forward with a deal to <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/senate-reaches-deal-fund-tsa-dhs-end-shutdown-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">free up funding for the Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, teeing up legislation for the House to end the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t fully get us out of this TSA-themed hellhole.<\/p>\n<p>Acting head of TSA Ha Nguyen McNeill said this week that more than 480 officers have quit since the shutdown started. And while that&#8217;s a fraction of the TSA&#8217;s roughly 50,000 agents, it&#8217;s not nothing. In fact, McNeill warned that this <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tsa-staffing-crisis-long-lines-world-cup-june-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">summer&#8217;s World Cup could become an issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It takes <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tsa-agents-working-without-pay-how-much-salary-they-make-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">four to six months to train TSA officers<\/a>, but the games start in less than three months. The math ain&#8217;t mathing.<\/p>\n<p>(Oh, you think that&#8217;s too long to train a TSA officer? <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tsa-quiz-airport-security-items-carry-on-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Take our quiz on what gets through airport security<\/a>, tough guy.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The TSA is only a piece of the current travel nightmare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even those planning trips months in advance face issues. Jet fuel prices have spiked to roughly $197 a barrel \u2014 well above their typical $100 average. And that&#8217;s in addition to airlines having to rethink flight paths due to restricted airspace.<\/p>\n<p>The result is airlines passing the costs down to all of us. (We&#8217;ve got a full list of the ones that have <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/airlines-raise-prices-cancel-flights-due-to-fuel-costs-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">already announced airfares are going up<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>And good luck using that trusty old playbook of yours for booking trips. Travel and aviation experts <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/when-to-book-summer-flights-rising-oil-prices-experts-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">are miffed about how to plan a summer trip<\/a> this time around.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re also not much better off hitting the highway, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/iran-war-gas-prices-energy-crisis-photos-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">considering where gas prices are<\/a>. (Yeah, we know, EV drivers.)<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so maybe you just stay at home and order in. Although it might be tricky to find someone to grab your order. <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/uber-lyft-doordash-offer-incentives-as-gas-prices-squeeze-drivers-2026-3\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Delivery service companies are dangling incentives<\/a> to support drivers who are fed up with high gas prices.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>window.allScripts = window.allScripts || []; window.allScripts.push({ type: \"load\", script: \"%3Cscript%20id%3D%22meta-pixel-script%22%20%3E(()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%3D%7B69531()%7B!function()%7Bvar%20e%2Cr%2Ct%2Cn%2Co%2Ci%3Bfunction%20a()%7Bwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.usPrivacyApplies%26%26window.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.isOptedOutOfAds%3Ffbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%22LDU%22%5D%2C0%2C0)%3Afbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%5D)%2Cfbq(%22init%22%2C%221988166924554892%22)%2Cfbq(%22track%22%2C%22PageView%22)%7Dwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.vppaApplies%7C%7Cdocument.querySelectorAll('iframe%5Bsrc*%3D%22jwplayer%22%5D').length%7C%7C(e%3Dwindow%2Cr%3Ddocument%2Ct%3D%22script%22%2Ce.fbq%7C%7C(n%3De.fbq%3Dfunction()%7Bn.callMethod%3Fn.callMethod.apply(n%2Carguments)%3An.queue.push(arguments)%7D%2Ce._fbq%7C%7C(e._fbq%3Dn)%2Cn.push%3Dn%2Cn.loaded%3D!0%2Cn.version%3D%222.0%22%2Cn.queue%3D%5B%5D%2C(o%3Dr.createElement(t)).async%3D!0%2Co.src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Ffbevents.js%22%2C(i%3Dr.getElementsByTagName(t)%5B0%5D).parentNode.insertBefore(o%2Ci))%2Cwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.cmStarted%3Fa()%3AsetTimeout(a%2C1e3))%7D()%7D%7D%2Cr%3D%7B%7D%3Bfunction%20t(n)%7Bvar%20o%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3Bif(void%200!%3D%3Do)return%20o.exports%3Bvar%20i%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3D%7Bexports%3A%7B%7D%7D%3Breturn%20e%5Bn%5D(i%2Ci.exports%2Ct)%2Ci.exports%7Dt.m%3De%2Ct.c%3Dr%2Ct.o%3D(e%2Cr)%3D%3EObject.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e%2Cr)%2C(()%3D%3E%7Bt.S%3D%7B%7D%3Bvar%20e%3D%7B%7D%2Cr%3D%7B%7D%3Bt.I%3D(n%2Co)%3D%3E%7Bo%7C%7C(o%3D%5B%5D)%3Bvar%20i%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3Bif(i%7C%7C(i%3Dr%5Bn%5D%3D%7B%7D)%2C!(o.indexOf(i)%3E%3D0))%7Bif(o.push(i)%2Ce%5Bn%5D)return%20e%5Bn%5D%3Bt.o(t.S%2Cn)%7C%7C(t.S%5Bn%5D%3D%7B%7D)%3Bt.S%5Bn%5D%3Bvar%20a%3D%5B%5D%3Breturn%20a.length%3Fe%5Bn%5D%3DPromise.all(a).then(()%3D%3Ee%5Bn%5D%3D1)%3Ae%5Bn%5D%3D1%7D%7D%7D)()%3Bt(69531)%7D)()%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E\" });<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A last-second TSA deal doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;ve seen the last of the travel problems. 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