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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jeff Amy

For airline passengers, the shutdown answer is simple: Pay TSA officers

US Travel Delays - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Regardless of politics or destination, passengers at Atlanta's airport were unified by one desire Saturday — it's time to pay Transportation Security Administration employees.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — one of the world's busiest airports — is a machine for moving people. But the shutdown is clogging TSA checkpoints that screen passengers and luggage for hazardous items.

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