The New Orleans airport saw one of the highest callout rates for Transportation Security Administration agents in the country this week as officers enter their second month without pay amid a partial government shutdown.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that 35.8% of TSA workers at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport called in sick the day before, trailing only behind the Houston Hobby Airport at 40.8%. The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport followed the New Orleans airport at 34.6%.
Nationwide, about 10%, or 2,700, TSA officers called in sick Tuesday, as first reported by ABC News…