Originally Posted by
HawaiiTrvlr
While you are at it, please explain the reported problems at Denver several weeks ago. Specifically, all the checkpoints were closed except for a few lanes at 1 checkpoint. The wait times were over 2 hours. At first, the TSA said the airlines changed their schedule and the TSA were not told about the changes. As it turns out, management at TSA DEN "clarified" the issues and took responsibility for the staffing shortages.
You are correct, the 3 checkpoints are not 24 hour operations. Two of the three are closed by 9 PM and the remaining one is staffed for airport personnel that need to come and go. When they closed the others and let the screening workforce leave at the end of the shift, there was no consideration for changes that were being made due to the weather, and existing passengers being stranded and incoming flights to take them out and cancelled flights. They would have had to hold the workforce over and authorize overtime to do that. They did not do that and it was a mess. A manager got let go for that decision.