Very true. Here in San Antonio there is a significant retired and veteran military population because of the number of Air Force and Army installations. I don’t have any idea or specific information about how many local TSA employees come from that population but have always assumed TSA would be attractive to retired military looking to supplement their retirement pensions. Ten years ago I did know one of the regional TSA managers who was a retired military police officer and he told me at the time they were looking for and recruiting ex-military.

One question I have for TSAdude if they see this post is what is TSA’s policy on sick leave? OPM leaves it up to the different agencies to set their own policies so not every agency is the same. Generally for Army civil servants you can take up to three consecutive days of paid sick leave without a doctor’s note. Does TSA have a similar policy?