2026年3月18日 美国东部时间晚上7:42 / 路透社
美国弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿里根国家机场安全检查点，运输安全管理局（TSA）人员正在工作。路透社/Aaron Schwartz/资料照片
- 摘要
- 公司
- 主要机场的TSA人员缺勤率仍然很高，影响运营
- 航空公司敦促尽快解决问题，因春季旅行旺季开始
- 人员短缺可能导致小型机场关闭
- TSA人员缺勤率周二达到10.2%的峰值
- 航空公司面临类似去年秋季43天停摆的潜在运营中断
华盛顿3月18日电（路透社）- 美国政府周三表示，随着部分政府停摆进入第33天，主要机场运输安全管理局（TSA）安全人员缺勤率周二略有下降至9.9%，多个主要机场报告出现长时间排队现象。
资金僵局已迫使5万名TSA机场安全人员在过去一个月无薪工作，自周日以来约有10%的人员每天未到岗。
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国土安全部表示，周二约30%的TSA人员未到岗，包括纽约肯尼迪机场、匹兹堡机场和休斯顿布什机场；休斯顿 Hobby机场缺勤率高达40%。
部分政府停摆已扰乱了出行，并促使美国最大航空公司的首席执行官们呼吁尽快结束停摆，因春假旅行正全面展开。
国土安全部称，通常TSA员工请病假或未到岗的比例低于2%，周二这一比例达到峰值10.2%。
一些机场关闭了多个安检通道，其他机场则正在筹集资金，以帮助无薪工作的TSA人员购买食物或其他必需品。
周二，一名TSA高级官员警告称，由于安全人员短缺，该机构可能在未来几周被迫关闭一些小型机场。
代理TSA副局长亚当·斯塔尔在接受福克斯新闻《福克斯与朋友们》采访时表示：”随着时间推移，如果这种情况持续下去，说我们可能真的要关闭机场——特别是如果缺勤率上升，这绝非夸张。”
国土安全部称，停摆期间已有366名TSA人员离职。周日和周一，休斯顿机场缺勤率飙升超过50%，新奥尔良和亚特兰大机场超过30%，旅客有时需忍受两小时或更长时间的排队。
去年秋季的43天政府停摆导致广泛的航班中断，美国联邦航空局（FAA）下令主要机场削减10%航班量。”航空旅行再次成为又一次政府停摆中的政治博弈工具，”航空公司首席执行官们写道。
2月13日，国会未能就民主党要求的移民执法改革达成协议，导致国土安全部资金失效。
航空公司预计春季旅行季将创纪录，预计将有1.71亿乘客出行，较去年同期两个月增长4%。
报道：David Shepardson；编辑：Chris Reese
（注：原文末尾”节点运行失败”为非新闻内容，已按要求翻译其余部分）
US airport security absences decline slightly as shutdown continues
March 18, 2026 7:42 PM UTC / Reuters
TSA agents work at a security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia., U.S., March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo
- Summary
- Companies
- TSA absences at major airports remain high, impacting operations
- Airlines urge quick resolution as spring travel season begins
- Potential shutdown of smaller airports due to staff shortages
- TSA officer absences peaked at 10.2% on Tuesday
- Airlines face potential disruptions similar to last fall’s 43-day shutdown
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – Absences by Transportation Security Administration security officers at airports fell slightly on Tuesday to 9.9% as a partial government shutdown hit its 33rd day and long lines were reported at a number of major airports, the government said on Wednesday.
The funding standoff has forced 50,000 Transportation Security Administration airport security officers to work without pay for the last month, and since Sunday around 10% of them are failing to show for work daily.
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On Tuesday, around 30% of TSA officers did not show up at New York JFK, Pittsburgh and Houston Bush and 40% at Houston Hobby, the Homeland Security Department said.
The partial government shutdown has disrupted travel at times and prompted CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines to call for a quick end as spring break travel is in full swing.
Typically, under 2% of TSA workers call in sick or do not report to work, DHS said, and hit a high of 10.2% on Tuesday.
Some airports have closed a number of security checkpoints and others are working to raise money to help TSA workers buy food or other essentials as they go without pay.
On Tuesday, a top TSA official warned the agency may be forced to shut down some smaller airports in the coming weeks owing to a shortage of security personnel.
“As the weeks continue, if this continues, it’s not hyperbole to suggest that we may have to quite literally shut down airports – particularly smaller ones if callout rates go up,” Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl told Fox News’s “Fox and Friends.”
DHS said 366 TSA officers have left during the shutdown. On Sunday and Monday, absences spiked over 50% in Houston and more than 30% in New Orleans and Atlanta, with travelers sometimes enduring lines for two hours or longer.
Last fall, a 43-day government shutdown led to widespread flight disruptions and the FAA ordered a 10% flight cut at major airports. “Once again air travel is the political football amid another government shutdown,” the CEOs wrote.
DHS funding lapsed on February 13 after Congress failed to reach a deal on immigration enforcement reforms demanded by Democrats.
Airlines are expecting a record-breaking spring travel period, with 171 million passengers expected to fly, up 4% from the same two-month period last year.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese
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