{"id":5223,"date":"2026-03-09T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/airport-chaos-government-shutdown-triggers-tsa-sickout\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:23:34","slug":"airport-chaos-government-shutdown-triggers-tsa-sickout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/airport-chaos-government-shutdown-triggers-tsa-sickout\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport Chaos: Government Shutdown Triggers TSA Sickout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VZ3mOYATyLA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Travelers at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport are facing long security lines and major delays after reports of a TSA \u201csickout\u201d linked to the ongoing government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Security Administration workers, who are considered essential employees, are required to work even during a shutdown. However, in past shutdowns, many workers have called out sick due to financial strain and workplace frustration.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers at the airport reported extended wait times at security checkpoints as staffing shortages slowed screening operations.<\/p>\n<p>In this video we cover:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 What caused the long TSA lines at New Orleans Airport<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 How the government shutdown affects airport security workers<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 Passenger experiences and travel delays<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 What TSA officials are saying about the situation<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 What travelers should expect if the shutdown continues<\/p>\n<p>#AirportDelays #TSASickout #GovernmentShutdown #TravelNews #NewOrleansAirport #BreakingNews #USPolitics #AirTravel #TravelUpdates<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelers at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport are facing long security lines and major delays after reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-126.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}