2026年3月18日 / 美国东部时间上午11:34 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
美国运输安全管理局（TSA）代理副局长亚当·斯塔尔表示，该机构正担忧TSA工作人员中病假呼叫量持续增长，这已导致全国机场出现长时间安检队伍。
“如果病假呼叫率继续攀升，可能会出现我们不得不关闭机场的情况，”他告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。”这是一个严重的情况。”
斯塔尔称，若该机构和美国国土安全部无法获得资金支持，情况将进一步恶化。”这种状况不会好转，”他说。
数百名TSA官员已辞职，而仍在岗的5万名员工却无薪工作。
“我们的员工处境艰难，”斯塔尔表示，”有人睡在自己的车里，甚至要抽血来支付上班的油费。”
然而，截至周三早些时候，机场关闭似乎并非迫在眉睫——这种情况在小型机场更有可能发生。
由于政府持续一个月的部分停摆导致官员们上周五未领到工资，TSA病假呼叫量自那时起急剧上升。周一达到峰值，全国超过10%的官员请病假——这是平时的五倍之多。
据该机构称，周一亚特兰大超过37%的TSA官员请病假，导致这个全球最繁忙机场的一个安检口关闭。
周二亚特兰大的安检等待时间超过2小时，休斯顿乔治·布什洲际机场的等待时间也至少达到103分钟。
随着人员配备减少，更多TSA安检通道将关闭，进而导致整个安检口关闭，使机场的排队和等待时间进一步延长。
费城机场的六个安检口中，有三个将于周三关闭。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tsa-official-says-rising-sick-calls-could-lead-to-airports-shutting-down/
TSA official warns some airports could shut down if officers’ sick calls climb: “A serious situation”
March 18, 2026 / 11:34 AM EDT / CBS News
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the agency is concerned about the growing number of sick calls among TSA officers, which is leading to long security lines at airports across the country.
“If the call rate does climb, there could be scenarios where we may have to shut down airports,” he told CBS News. “This is a serious situation.”
Stahl said the situation will get worse the longer the agency and the Department of Homeland Security don’t receive funding. “This will not get better,” he said.
Hundreds of TSA officers have quit, while the 50,000 who are going to work are living without pay.
“Our people are hurting,” Stahl said. “We have individuals sleeping in their cars, drawing blood to afford to pay for gas to get to work.”
Airport closures, however, did not seem imminent as of early Wednesday – a scenario that is more plausible at small airports.
TSA sick calls have been surging since officers missed a paycheck Friday due to the month-long partial government shutdown. Monday saw the most yet, with more than 10% of officers nationwide calling out – fives times more than a typical day.
In Atlanta, over 37% of TSA officers called out sick on Monday, according to the agency, closing one of the checkpoints at the world’s busiest airport.
Wait times topped two hours in Atlanta on Tuesday and were at least 103 minutes at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
As staffing drops, more TSA screening lanes will close, and from there, entire checkpoints – making lines and wait times at airports even longer.
Three of the six checkpoints at the Philadelphia airport will be closed on Wednesday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tsa-official-says-rising-sick-calls-could-lead-to-airports-shutting-down/
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