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SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE
SCHOOL.
CLASSES WERE OVER AT THE TIME.
NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE
DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL.
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW GOOD
NEWS FOR TRAVELERS IN CHICAGO
AIRPORT HELP IS ON THE WAY TO
REDUCE WAIT TIMES.
HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT O'HARE
AIRPORT PRETTY LONG LINES BUT
THEY ARE GOING DOWN BIT BY BIT.
100 TSA STAFF MEMBERS WILL MOVE
FROM PART-TIME TO FULL TIME
EMPLOYEES IN THE COMING DAYS.
ADDITIONAL MORNING SHIFTS ARE
BEING ADDED AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS SENDING
58 SECURITY OFFICERS AND FIVE
BOMB SNIFFING DOG TEAMS.
THEY RECOMMEND AIRLINES DROP
THE BAGGAGE FEES FOR SUMMER
TRAVEL TO EASE THE DELAYS.
SO IS THIS A CRISIS OR JUST
LOTS OF BAD LUCK?
DOROTHY TUCKER ASKS SOME OF THE
EXPERTS.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE SORT OF
A PERFECT STORM.
THAT'S ROBERT'S REMARKS
ABOUT AN INCREASE IN TRAVELERS,
A DECREASE IN TSA WORKERS AND
MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET MAY
HAVE LED TO THIS MASSIVE
GRIDLOCK.
DID THEY SEE THIS COMING AND
CHOSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING?
WHY THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
WE DON'T KNOW.
WHAT IT PURPOSEFUL TO GET THE
BUDGET NUMBERS BACK UP KNOWING
THAT EVENTUALLY WE HIT A
CRITICAL MASS LIKE WE SEEM TO
HAVE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS IT'S POSSIBLE OR THEY
COULD JUST BE COMPLETELY INEPT.
CBS NEWS TRAVEL EDITOR PETER
GREENBURG LEANS TO THE INEPT
THEORY SAYING THE TSA IS NOT
ADJUSTING TO BASIC AIRLINE
SCHEDULES AND PEAK PASSENGER
SLOW TIMES.
THE BUSIEST FLIGHT TIMES ARE
BETWEEN 7 TO 9:00 A.M.
AND 4 TO 7:00 P.M.
TSA DOES NOT CONCENTRATE ENOUGH
STAFF DURING THOSE PEAK TIMES.
MANAGEMENT IS DOING A SHIFT
CAKE.
THEY ARE REVIEWING THE
SCHEDULES AND THE PEAK TIMES.
EDDY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
LOCAL UNION.
REPRESENTING TSA AGENTS AT
O'HARE IN MIDWAY HE NOT ONLY
ATTRIBUTES THE LONG LINES TO
POOR SCHEDULING BUT RETAINING
WORKERS IS ALSO A PROBLEM.
WE CAN'T KEEP THEM.
WE LOSE APPROXIMATELY 100 A
WEEK.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS AND
HEAR TALK SHOW COMEDIANS MAKING
FUN OUT OF TSA SCREENERS WOULD
YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR THE JOB?
TSA IS USING THIS CRISIS TO
MAKE MORE MONEY FROM THE
PRECHECK PROGRAM.
IN RECENT DAYS TSA HAS BEEN
SIGNING UP AN AVERAGE OF 8300
PASSENGERS A DAY COMPARED TO
4500 LAST YEAR SO ALMOST
DOUBLE.
IT COSTS $85 TO REGISTER WITH
TSA PRECHECK.
IF YOU CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AT
8300 A DAY TSA IS NOW RAKING IN
$705,000 EVERY DAY.