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Old Jan 14, 2019, 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by TheotherJames
I flew out of SEA yesterday and was prepared to mention to all the TSA members I met that I appreciate them being here. An older TSA individual who was working the line said they were getting paid because Washington State politicians used separate funds to pay the TSA workers. I have no idea if that was true but had no reason to not believe it. During my flight, the FA's were saying that SFO was the worst but I wasn't sure if they mean just in general or because of the shutdown.
That doesn't make much sense (WA lawmakers don't/can't fund federal agency work), and doesn't jive with reports like this. Perhaps he was a Port of Seattle employee vs TSA or something?
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