Harry Reid International Airport has seemingly avoided the headaches being experienced in other markets as the partial government shutdown hits 42 days.
Throughout the nation, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is managing some of the longest wait times in its history — more than four hours at some airport passenger checkpoints — while officers go unpaid, some miss work and hundreds have quit.
Clark County Aviation Department officials said that hasn’t been the case in Las Vegas, where wait times were between four and eight minutes on Wednesday morning. Donations of ready-to-eat meals, grocery gift cards and necessary household supplies from the resort industry and other businesses have boosted the spirits of TSA agents and helped keep them on the job.
