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Travelers brace for possible longer lines, cancelled flights and more from sequester
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Warnings of the -- -- -- minister -- the sequester will cause chaos at the nation's airports and out of the -- is here are the administration's predictions coming true.
Griff Jenkins -- the ground at Reagan national airport to find out.
-- now it sequestration is finally here everyone is wondering how it's going to impact airlines.
One place that Americans are being told to certainly expect changes is it airports across the country.
From passenger screening to customs processing in air traffic control the administration says the consequences will be dire.
Extensive delays canceled flights in those long security -- well they're gonna get even longer but Republicans say.
The most of this amounts to nothing more than scare tactics so we came here to Reagan national airport to find out how travelers are dealing with the names.
-- I really think we phased by big government sequester I don't think it's really mean much of anything in the long run.
Syria worried about it didn't change plans not even a little this -- the beginning.
It's only getting -- -- is is my concern and and I traveled pretty frequently.
Via a frequent business traveler then yes I am and they were just gonna have to build this into the equation we travel I guess for the for the short term.
I think we are all a little frustrated yeah -- -- -- Americans are it's just going to be a matter of time before we begin to unseat the consequences of out today now because I -- that -- wind there would be no immediate changes.
But I know they in the near future -- within the next couple of weeks that that was hangings when you're traveling in a month from now you -- -- earlier.
A lot earlier it will probably be -- how -- its experience I think.
Direction we're talking to the passengers can we noticed you're coming through are you concerned about sequestration in the airport delays.
Parents that do as well did you -- to come any earlier Vick has it's up to delays I -- her I didn't and those -- a bit of a state.
They don't suck on their motive as of -- the morning is a cult.
Sequestration.
I've never heard of it.
-- they say that because of budget cuts they're gonna kind of console -- agencies you have longer delays and I heard about it and you know -- it is I think they -- do away with all the security.
There you -- perhaps an idea for cattle -- lawmaker.
We reached out to the TSA that no one was available for comment instead they -- this this statement.
Saying if sequestration goes into effect TSA will put in place a hiring freeze which will result in up to an additional 1000 TSO vacancies.
By Memorial Day weekend.
In NT 26 under vacancies by the end of the fiscal year.
We expected during busy travel periods -- times exceeding thirty to forty minutes could double in nearly all of the major airports.
-- I -- not cryptic and thanks so much.
