HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As spring break travel continues, Houston Airport officials are advising travelers to prepare for a peak travel day on Sunday.
While the screening lines at Hobby Airport moved smoothly on Saturday morning according to its website, the wait times could change on Sunday as officials said the peak spring break travel day could expect 184,000 travelers across Houston airports.
This comes after ABC13 reported long lines at airport security at the start of spring break on Monday, which was another one of the peak travel days, according to officials.
The increased travel includes people visiting Houston for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, the World Baseball Classic, and for cruise departures from Galveston, according to airport authorities.
The travel trouble is only expected to grow as the partial government shutdown continues, according to ABC News.
“Morale is pretty low with my coworkers,” Cameron Cochems, a TSA Union Representative, told ABC News. “They are worrying about when their paycheck is going to be. They know that during the last shutdown, we were kind of forefront to everything, but now there’s so many more different things going on in the world.”
Industry leaders told ABC News Live it’s been rough, as ABC News reported that TSA workers received their first zero-dollar paychecks on Friday amid the shutdown.
“People are having to drive Uber, so they’ll work a 10-hour shift and then go do drive Uber for 4-5 hours and then go home and be tired and go to sleep and come in the next day and continue this cycle, which makes it harder and harder for us to do our jobs,” Cochems said.
Hobby Airport officials said TSA workers from other locations are now assisting at the airport. Officials also advised Houston travelers to arrive at the airport early as peak travel continues.
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This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.