More re "interns"
Don't know if the TSA has this in mind but...
My office is now hiring new employees as "interns" so as to be able to extend the probationary period to 2 years and reduce the "intern's" civil service protections during said period.
There is a problem though because there is some sort of rule against 2 year GS-11 (where most of us start) "interns"
It's a pretty sleazy way around the 1 year probationary period.