"Betty Mitchell arrived at Philadelphia International Airport at 12:30 a.m. Saturday for a 5 a.m. flight to visit family, but she said the airline desk did not open until 3 a.m. Once it did, there was a sudden influx of passengers to squeeze into the TSA screening lines. 'All at once it became a mad house,' Mitchell said."
"'We have not previously experienced checkpoint wait times similar to what we are seeing this morning,' Baltimore-Washington International Airport said in a post Saturday on the social platform X. BWI officials recommended travelers arrive four hours before their scheduled departure time."
The shutdown has led to the resignation of nearly 500 TSA officers, impacting airport security during a busy travel season. President Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA officers, but the effects are uncertain. Passengers at major airports faced long wait times, with some reporting waits of nearly three hours. Baltimore-Washington International Airport noted unprecedented checkpoint wait times, advising travelers to arrive four hours early. The situation remains chaotic, particularly during spring break and holiday travel periods.
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