Not Going Anywhere For a While

“Security lines stretched for hours on Monday at US airports where unpaid Transportation Safety Administration screening agents refused to report for duty.” So far, Trump has rejected proposed deals to fund parts of DHS to create an off-ramp for the nightmare delays taking place at many airports. The solution so far: Send ICE into airports. (Untrained ICE officers vs Irate Travelers. What could go wrong?)

+ “Two pilots were killed and dozens were injured Sunday night after an arriving plane collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.”

+ The Atlantic (Gift Article): Fatal crashes, overstressed controllers, and endless security lines reveal a system teetering on the brink of failure. (I’m guessing anyone reading this in an endless airport security line thinks we’ve passed the teetering stage.)