{"id":17504,"date":"2021-11-17T20:36:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/17\/could-stronger-enforcement-help-restaff-federal-transportation-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:45:01","slug":"could-stronger-enforcement-help-restaff-federal-transportation-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/hr\/2021\/11\/17\/could-stronger-enforcement-help-restaff-federal-transportation-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Could stronger enforcement help restaff federal transportation jobs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agencies like the Transportation Security Agency and the Federal Air Marshal Service face looming staff shortages in the coming years due to high turnover, heavy workloads and upcoming mass retirements, according to employee representatives who testified at a Nov. 16 House Homeland Security Committee hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am concerned that TSA is not adequately staffed to handle the rise in travelers that we will see in airports across the country over the next few weeks,\u201d said Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transportation security officers have not only faced the challenges associated with performing their jobs during a global pandemic, but they also normally encounter financial difficulties as well, according to American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThough TSOs are among the lowest-paid federal employees, they worked without pay over a span of three pay periods [during the 2019 shutdown] and some are still digging out from the financial consequences of having to go without paychecks for over a month,\u201d said Kelley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor someone working with low pay and few rights at work, having to borrow money or work temporary second and third jobs, and deal with not being able to pay rent, car payments, child support or even groceries \u2014 that is the real definition of turbulent times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bill currently under consideration in the House would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2020\/03\/05\/house-passes-bill-to-make-tsa-officers-equal-with-other-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\">transition TSA workers<\/a> to the General Schedule pay system, where proponents believe they will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/pay-benefits\/2021\/05\/04\/will-tsa-officers-get-a-better-deal-under-title-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">get better pay and benefits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The money to fund that transition could come from stepping up enforcement efforts for passengers that violate rules and assault transportation employees, according to John Casaretti, president of the Air Marshal Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecovering the $3 billion in projected fees for 2022 and 2023 would easily cover the hiring of [federal air marshals] to cover the current and projected losses and would fund the buildout of new law enforcement sections to support expanding FAM roles,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fees could also allow for the TSA to hire more TSOs and would go a long way to covering the proposed TSA workforce into the General Schedule pay system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of September, TSA had only issued fines to 10 passengers, according to Rep. 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