Unscheduled absences among airport security officers more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, while more than 300 employees left the Transportation Security Administration since the shutdown began on Feb. 14, according to internal TSA statistics obtained by CBS News.
The data showed the nationwide call-out rate, or unscheduled absences by frontline officers, rose to an average of 6% during the shutdown, compared with about 2% before govt funding lapsed. The highest nationwide rate reached 9% on Feb. 23, followed by 8% on March 6 and 7% on March 9.
