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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has to do with the % of TSA agents calling out at those airports.  [b]DCA and IAD have not had the call-outs that BWI has had.[/b][/quote]

This is obvious. The question is why?[/quote]
I've read (probably on DCUM) that IAD and DCA TSA are privately contracted and funded so they're being paid - no idea if it's true.[/quote]
I don’t think that’s true. Dulles and DCA aren’t listed as airports that use private contractors. I think it has more to do with BWI TSA staff pulling more from the Baltimore area, while staff for IAD/DCA pull more from the DC/NoVa region where they have a higher tolerance for federal government shenanigans. [/quote]

That's my theory too, that the workers at DCA and IAD are just like "here we go again" and hope they'll get a bonus for not calling out. I fully support TSA workers for calling out, FWIW, it's completely ridiculous to expect employees to go without paychecks multiple times in less than a year (or ever). Maybe they need to go drive Uber or do some other gig work to earn money and I don't begrudge them that at all.[/quote]

I do not begrudge anyone needing to earn money and calling out. But that still doesn’t explain why the BWI workers would call out at a significantly higher rate. It’s not even close. Is it that they are more financially strapped than the DC TSA? Or they are better at pre planned collective action? I hope NYT does an in depth post mortem. I love those. [/quote]
On the news they said 38% of TSA at BWI had called out. One of the highest rates in the country.

I’m seeing an 18% callout rate for DCA and nothing for IAD. The national callout rate is about 11% so DCA is still quite high for call outs. I think since DCA is largely a “commuter” airport it has more seasoned travelers who can efficiently pass through a line.[/quote]

Pretty much everyone we spoke to in the 4 hour BWI line on Saturday seemed to be a “seasoned traveler” with PreCheck and/or Clear. [/quote]

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