On March 27—the day that the highest number of agents called out of work since the DHS shutdown began on Feb. 14—more than 12% of TSA officers called out of work. But on Sunday, the call-out rate for TSA officers nationwide was down to just under 8%, meaning that about 2,045 agents called out of work that day, according to DHS.
The call-out rate, though, varies airport by airport. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, for instance, saw the highest call-out rate on Sunday, at 24.6%, according to DHS. Philadelphia International Airport came in second, with 21.5% of TSA agents calling out of work on Sunday, while John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York came in third, with a little more than 20% of officers calling out of work that day.
Airports like Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport, meanwhile, saw about 12% and 14%, respectively, of TSA officers calling out of work on Sunday.
