Delta Ending Special Services to Congress Until TSA is Funded
“Next to safety, Delta’s No. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.”
Delta Airlines has decided to end all of its special services gifted to Congress until members fund TSA.
The Senate already passed a bill ending Congress’s perks at airports. But you know the process. It has to go through the House and the president.
Delta went the faster route.
“Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta,” the airline stated, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Next to safety, Delta’s No. 1 priority is taking care of our people and customers, which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment.”
Cornyn told the chamber that these special services have probably led to members of Congress not addressing the issue because they don’t have to face the long security lines and hassles plaguing the normies:
That perk is just one of a bundle that have made flying a lot easier for the frequent flyers in Congress, who often are on an airplane twice a week or more commuting to Washington and back.
Along with skipping the lines, some members of Congress also request local police escorts to their gates. And they all get access to major airlines’ dedicated Congressional service desks to book trips, make last-minute changes, and even reserve seats on one, two or three flights on the same day, depending on congressional vote schedules.
In regular times, these could be seen as prudent security measures for high-profile flyers or simply good customer service for some of the airlines’ best customers. But taken together, they also inoculate Congress from the chaos Washington is causing.
Delta will treat members of Congress according to their SkyMiles status.
The situation continues to worsen as more TSA agents don’t show up to work or quit.
This morning, the security line wait at George Bush Intercontinental Airport is over three hours.
The Atlanta airport no longer posts wait times on its website.
ICE agents arrived at the busiest airports on Monday. I’ve seen videos of the agents just walking around, though.
Will they even work as TSA agents? Do they even know what to do?
Everett Kelley, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents TSA agents, pointed out that the agents don’t have training or certification.
This is all a reminder that members of Congress don’t care about us. They only care about themselves.
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I’ve said before and I’ll say again. Members of Congress should be given the SLOWEST service. They should be placed at the end of the line with people who can’t fix the situation placed before them, even if they show up later.
As long as they’re treated like royalty, instead of as the cockroaches they are, they will continue to be elitist narcissistic slime, preying on, instead of serving, the American people.
Equality is a wonderful thing.
Yep. No airline security theater bypass and no special reservation perks for Congress would do wonders to focus their attention on solving legislative issues/stalemate in DC v jetting back to their CD/State or some ‘junket’ while issues remain unresolved. Especially the removal of their ‘opportunity’ to interact with regular folks at airports. I’m sure members of Congress can’t wait to stand in a TSA line behind Jim Bob and listen to an ear full of suggestions or get stranded b/c a.flight was overbooked and hang out with ordinary Citizens while the airline works to accommodate their travel alongside everyone else.
But it’s so…”Anti-Communist”!
Unfair to the elitist regime!
‘Delta went the faster route.’
And the rockets red glare,
the bombs bursting through air;
gave proof through the night
that it’s a private company,
and can do what it wants…
They, all the airlines, have to do it so it’s relevant
Well, Delta opened the permission gate, so maybe other airlines will step through, too. We’ll see.
Fact.
The ICE agents aren’t there to work the security check points. They are taking over the roving patrols in the airport concourses, exterior gates, flight line patrols and other duties not related to moving passengers through security.
Good, no more special treatment to the congresscritters. They can get in the back of the cattle car and enjoy the unwashed masses along with the rest of us. I hope Schumer and Jeffries enjoy their conversations with Belching Beer Breath Bubba.
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And the AWFULs that they helped program.
Disgusting that Congressional apparatchiks receive special treatment from the airlines. Similar to how these pukes inoculated/insulated Congressional healthcare plans from Obamacare’s most onerous and odious provisions.
I was thinking the same, but any airline that does not cater to Royalty will likely find themselves getting a LOT of visits from FAA inspectors and other such things to bring them back into line.
Don’t they have to end the Schmuck Schumer communist shutdown for that to happen?
One of the most infuriating things about our government and politicians is that they are exempt from EVERY SINGLE LAW they impose on us; they pay no federal income taxes, no social security or Medicare taxes…get a lifetime pension after just a few terms in the House or Senate…and they get the special VIP treatment basically everywhere they go. They are truly the 1% privileged oligarchs…and then they sit up there and pit groups of Americans against each other…pandering and lying about basically everything; oh and blaming PDJT for everything and actively hating him and falsely accusing him.
You forgot to mention that a lot of them become millionaires in the process of doing everything you mentioned above…
Yes they do. The only “odd” exemption was a $3000 deduction for maintaining dual residences – one in their home state and one in the DC area. That deduction was eliminated in 2017.
Once again, there is no special exemptions for Congress when paying taxes. If the average person is required to pay taxes, Congressional representatives are required to pay the same taxes.
Just like most retirement plans, a Congressman has to have served 5 years to be vested in a retirement plan. They have to contribute to the plan as well.
Members of Congress first elected in 1984 or later are covered automatically under the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS), unless they decline this coverage. Members covered by FERS also pay 1.3% of full salary to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Members of Congress are eligible for a pension at age 62 if they have completed at least five years of service. Members are eligible for a pension at age 50 if they have completed 20 years of service, or at any age after completing 25 years of service. The amount of the pension depends on years of service and the average of the highest three years of salary. By law, the starting amount of a Member’s retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of his or her final salary.
To put it bluntly, your outrage is not only misplaced, it is based on myths and non-truths.
source: (one of many) https://marketrealist.com/p/do-congressmen-pay-taxes/
But apparently, they can commit mortgage fraud, and the demonrat/Soros courts will exonerate any fellow demonrat members.
I appreciate what you are saying, but the crimes – alleged or real – was not the topic of the post.
“If the average person is required to pay taxes, Congressional representatives are required to pay the same taxes.”
Observably false, given the famous status of Obamacare as a tax. Congressional representatives were offered the transparently false evasion of declaring their individual congressional offices to be independent “small businesses” so as not to be subjected to it. This was an option not available to anyone else in the country.
And yet they still have to pay the taxes.
It should have been written into the constitution that no member of the three branches be exempt from any law. If anything the should be held to a hire standard and punished more severely for infractions.
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Let’s see the other Airlines follow. Stick it to these SOBs.
Everett Kelley, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents TSA agents, should be reminded that TSA training isn’t that difficult, and ‘certification’ is a piece of paper.
An ordinary, smart ICE agent who is trusted to handle firearms and do law enforcement can be trained to run the TSA scanners quickly enough. Most everyone who posts at LI could do the training. It’s not a black box.
So all Mr. Kelley is trying to do is protect his rice bowl.
Yep. Training to perform basic tasks isn’t complicated. Lets be real about the actual level of difficulty. Would longer tenure looking at X-Ray imaging boost skill level in detection of oddities for more invasive search! Sure but c’mon it ain’t that hard. TSA is good job for low skill workers. Tasks ain’t complicated, pay and benefits especially pension and healthcare are probably much higher than most TSA employees could find elsewhere, otherwise they wouldn’t have applied to TSA.
Considering TSA routinely fails 85% of checks on whether they can identify illegal material, ICE can’t do much worse.
And the hiring criteria for ICE agents is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than TSA.
The vast majority of the TSA are absolute bottom of the barrel, barely functional morons. They aren’t capable of doing anything other than what they are told.
Mostly agree. I suspect that most TSA employees are much like everyone else and will perform to the level of expectations and enforced standards their superiors set. Some will be better, self motivated and need little to no supervision those get a very long leash. Others will be chronic problem children who need constant direct supervision/micro management…these we can do without. Fire if possible and if not assign the worst schedule and most unpleasant tasks with a ruthlessly strict supervisor to build the paper trail to fire them or until they quit in frustration.
Privatization of frontline TSA screeners under the local airport authorities with a centralized training program, audits/inspections, Fed air Marshals and SOP written/enforced by the Feds is IMO the best path. Gotta have automatic consequences for failures by airport authorities; immediately lose 20% flight capacity/foot traffic for 18-24 months. If they pass all inspections/audits security tests in that period they can get permission restored to operate at capacity. Each failure = 20% reduction from capacity. Fail five and your airport is shut down. No exceptions for Hubs or ‘high profile’ airports in big States with lots of political cover; make it automatic, no discretion formula if X then Y and it.doesn’t matter that it is JFK, LAX or ATL.
The Pareto principle.
Yeah basically. The key is the ability to reward overachievers and punish slackers. Especially the latter. If the supervisor can’t/won’t punish the guy who is late every day or who slacks off creating more work for everyone else then why should the rest of the people show up on time or work efficiently? At minimum supervisors gotta be able to apply real consequences including firing to slackers. If not morale plummets and folks stop trying to do more than the slacker becoming resentful if they get a :pep talk’ when the slacker shenanigans went unpunished.
Many years back, I was passing through Atlanta. About seven TSA people were at the food court near me. They were loud – guess the demographic. Their grammar and other behavioral signs told me they likely were all quota-hires. Total wastes of space.
disband that union.
Revoke JFK’s Executive Order regarding government employee unions, and then disband every single civil service union.
100% yes.
Hell yes!
good
but wonder if they would have done this if there was a more socialist say a dem in the wh??
They wouldn’t have had to – because the Democrats would be getting everything they wanted and wouldn’t need to shut down the government to get it.
dems should not be complaining as the can now say
they are helping the earth by not using fossil fuels
Or accommodating fossil fools.
Kathy Hochul: We need to ease up on fuel and carbon restrictions until after the midterms. Then, we’ll carbon tax to our heart’s desire.
Good time to invest in a private pilot license.
And that’s what I’m talking about. It’s about damn time the industry stepped up to the plate and blasted a few line drives back at their “representatives.”
It would be a terrible shame if the Dem Senators were selected for ‘additional screening’ as well as their staff. Perhaps some suspected reside detected, a run-through with a bomb-sniffing dog, some additional interviews and oops, there goes your flight. I’m certain we can get you on a later flight, at 3AM with two stops before your destination.
I used to work for a member of Congress, one of the alleged good guys. They really don’t care about you. Seriously. I was naive back then, really opened my eyes.
The only people they care about are those that write large checks and they care about them only until the check is written. Oh and they also care about the billionaires they are allowed to vacation with.
Next time dems take power there will be special taxes for delta along with about another trillion pages of regulations.
To answer that probable dem attack on them, delta can set up a pilot dei training program specifically designed for politicians flights to give them a continuous show of how well dei is working out.
wonder if delta will in fact hold true to this
maybe if they believe the dems
maybe they will continue to blow..I mean give special treatment to those they side with
I think this is great, since TSA is just a waste of funds, keep it going until we can just shut that agency down. Now that’s cutting Government.
They always have Amtrak, or bus service….
I assume if they drive, tolls are waived.
Its an abomination that such special services exist in a free Republic.
Treat em like royalty, they’ll think they’re royalty. As they do.
Congress critters….
Glorified leeches.
Atlanta TSA has been resistant to flyers since the start. I had a TSA agent tell me my retired military ID was not a good ID for flying. She would not take anything but a driver’s license or a passport. Bitch.
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I was flying to Newark from Atlanta on Continual. I had a first class ticket. I got bumped because Coretta Scott King wanted to be moved to first class. I did get premium coach. Another Bitch.
thats interesting
black matriarchy runs america
b/c they did such a great job raising their own families