Pirate's Cove

I’m not sure why elected members of Congress, ie, Public Servants, and their staffs get these perks in the first place anymore. They are not aristocracy, and shouldn’t get anything We The People do not get or have to pay for

Delta suspends specialty services for members of Congress amid shutdown-driven TSA delays

Delta Air Lines has cut off special services for members of Congress at airports, as the industry continues to feel the effects of the government’s failure to pay Transportation Security Administration workers.

On Tuesday morning, Delta issued a statement saying it would temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress “due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown.”

Members of Congress are given special treatment at airports, including expedited screening, escorts through airports to bypass long security lines, and dedicated reservation desks that, among other things, allow them to make last-minute changes.

TSA workers hit their third period without a paycheck since funding for parts of the Department of Homeland Security was halted because of an impasse between the White House and Congress over immigration enforcement and voting policies.

If you want expedited screening you have to pay for that, right? Why do Congress members not have to pay for that themselves? Too bad Delta cannot restrict just the Congress Critters who have voted against funding DHS (especially since most of them are Warmists who hate fossil fuels)

Two industry sources pointed at the amount of business that airlines have before Congress — one of them specifically cited periodic bailouts — in contending that the companies should avoid alienating or angering lawmakers as they push for a solution.

“Get through this,” said one airline lobbyist. “Don’t be doing things to members.”

Bah! Hopefully United, American, and a few of the other big carriers will follow through (make Congress fly Spirit). Heck, the TSA and the private contractors doing the job of TSA at some airports should put and end to it. If the GOP was smart (snicker) they’d trot a bill up in the House and Senate requiring members of Congress to be treated exactly the same as the rest of us peasants.