We’ve all experienced that excruciating wait in a TSA line: tapping feet, wailing babies, and navigating mazes of stanchions. But if you’ve been to the airport the past couple of days, waiting in security lines is probably even worse than usual.
Take Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hobby Airport, which have seen TSA wait times exceed an agonizing three hours—and even up to four and a half hours in some cases. Travelers have missed flights, and TSA agents, who make an average of $26 an hour, are working without pay since the government shut down more than a month ago.
