Employee Stories
Atlanta Federal Security Director honored with prestigious leadership award
August 28, 2019
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Federal Security Director Mary Leftridge Byrd has received a prestigious leadership award from Government Executive magazine. In connection with its 50th anniversary this year, Government…
Minneapolis TSA officers save man’s life after ‘widow-maker’ heart attack
August 27, 2019
TSA Officers Brittany Sutton and Eric Jones were working at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport security checkpoint when they heard cries for help. Following the sounds, they discovered a man collapsed face-down in front of a…
LaGuardia coordination center officer saves coworker’s life
August 22, 2019
It’s not every day you save the life of your co-worker, but that day came for LaGuardia Airport supervisory coordination center officer Ralph Ramos, and he answered the call.
TSA participates in school bus hijacking drill in Texas
August 20, 2019
Every day in the U.S., about 26 million children hop on a bus headed for school, and keeping those students safe is vital. A school bus hijacking is a real threat in today’s environment, and TSA teamed with the National Tactical Officers…
Baltimore youth get full airport, TSA experience
August 15, 2019
Dozens of Baltimore middle-school youth got an experience of a lifetime. They took a full behind-the-scenes look at an airport. Fifty kids from five recreational centers across the city participated in the annual Summer Youth Initiative hosted by…
TSA employee-in-training helps save life
August 13, 2019
For many people, their daily routine might consist of picking up breakfast or coffee while rushing to stay on schedule. For newly hired Transportation Security Inspector (TSI) Michael Hodges, his morning included helping save a life and still…
TSA keeps people safe at popular Connecticut summer festival
August 12, 2019
TSA Officers from Bradley International Airport (BDL) were on security’s frontline at Southeastern Connecticut’s premiere summertime event. TSA BDL deployed some of its uniformed screeners to the three-day SailFest in New London, which typically…
Bomb on bus exercise – Keanu Reeves not included
August 6, 2019
Saving lives in times of crisis – that was the focus of a mock bomb exercise hosted by TSA in Rochester, Minnesota. Local TSA brought together Rochester Public Transit, police, fire, the Emergency Management Department, public utilities, and the…
TSA helps educate the next generation of national security professionals
August 2, 2019
Students from the Alexander Hamilton Institute’s Washington Program on National Security recently met with a wide range of TSA employees as part of their two-week summer internship program. Now in the third year of the partnership, the…
Atlantic City hosts community outreach for travelers with special needs
July 26, 2019
TSA teamed up with the South Jersey Transit Authority (SJTA) and private screening company VMD Corporation to break down travel barriers for a group of adults with special needs at New Jersey’s Atlantic City International Airport (ACY). …
Excuse me Ma’am, is that a blade in your cane?
July 22, 2019
It’s an everyday occurrence at airports around the country: a passenger enters a checkpoint with a cane and submits it for X-ray screening. But sometimes that cane isn’t just your everyday cane! That was the case this July when a female passenger…
TSA, Paws and Stripes ease flying fears for New Mexico veterans
July 19, 2019
Dogs can be a calming influence, and some military veterans in Albuquerque, New Mexico, found that out firsthand through a partnership between TSA and the New Mexico-based Paws and Stripes program. Six veterans and four dogs went through…
Future guide dogs get TSA checkpoint training in Baltimore
July 18, 2019
Future guide dogs had an opportunity to practice going through a TSA checkpoint at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to become familiar with the checkpoint screening process so they know what to expect when they come to…
Houston TSA officer takes quick action to save passenger’s life
July 15, 2019
A passenger was found unconscious in a women’s restroom at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, and TSA Supervisory Transportation Security Officer Alexi Chairez put his emergency training to the test by taking quick action to save the woman.
Alaska’s Mike Duffy makes rare career progression
July 11, 2019
TSA offers multiple career progression opportunities for employees, but one advancement that’s rare is a Transportation Security Officer being promoted to the role of Federal Security Director. Alaska’s Pete Duffy joined TSA in 2002 shortly after…
New Hampshire manager arranges special trip for passenger who missed flight
June 26, 2019
A passenger was scheduled to fly out of New Hampshire’s Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) late in the afternoon. Well, that was the original plan. The flight was switched from a 7:30 p.m. to a 2:45 p.m. departure, but when finding…
TSA Boston officers foil attempt to bring knives onto aircraft
June 25, 2019
At Boston Logan International Airport, TSA officers prevented a passenger from boarding an international flight after discovering four knives in the woman’s knee brace. Arriving at the checkpoint in a wheelchair, the woman placed her knee…
TSA trainee witnesses accident, then takes charge of scene
June 18, 2019
One evening this June, TSA officer-in-training Michael Whitney was walking down Ocean Boulevard in St. Simons Island, Georgia, with several other classmates from the TSA Basic Training program, when a silver Camaro went speeding by, lost control…
Boston officer saves life of fellow officer choking
June 10, 2019
TSA Officer Robert Reynolds knew he was in trouble. He desperately needed help. Reynolds was getting a bite to eat in the breakroom at Boston Logan International Airport when he felt a piece of food stuck in his throat. He was choking.
Denver officers rush to rescue motorcyclist after crash
June 10, 2019
TSA officers from Denver International Airport were driving from Denver to Fort Collins/Loveland Airport to screen a flight when a man riding a motorcycle suddenly lost control of his bike and crashed into the median. The TSA team,…