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TSA likely here to stay at ATL airport after studying privatization
After a government shutdown left airport security workers without pay and passengers snaking through the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this spring, no changes are expected to the security process. On Monday, Atlanta City Councilmember Byron Amos announced the conclusion of a TSA privatization feasibility study conducted at the airport after calls for changes in May. Transportation employees were left unpaid for more than a month after the federal government shut down in the middle of February. The employees started to call out of work or simply not show up by the second week, and passengers still hoping to reach their destination spent hours in line for security stations run with skeleton crews. Eventually in some airports, like Hartsfield-Jackson , Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were called in to man the security lines and to get the process moving at a quicker pace. The government reopened at the end of March, and TSA employees received back pay before returning to work. But, the shutdown sparked a national conversation about the privatization of airport security, and Atlanta was no different. City Council 'fully supports' study findings In May, the Atlanta City Council voted 11-1 to request the Department of Aviation commission a
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