The top airports for TSA theft have been revealed, with five locales receiving the dubious honor of boasting the most sticky-fingered Transportation Security Administration agents.
The top airports for TSA theft are one of a long, long list of newsworthy events in which the TSA has been shown to be a burden on travelers, an expense, and even a potential liability. High-profile incidents that have exposed the TSA for humiliating disabled individuals , humiliating nursing mothers by forcing them to express milk in highly public areas and drink their own breastmilk, and confiscating cupcakes have proven embarrassing for the TSA .
In addition to discovering the top airports for TSA theft, we have also learned of the detention of Sen. Rand Paul for his objection to a pat-down as well as a report of a TSA agent spilling a grieving man’s grandpa’s ashes and the shoddy treatment of a dying woman on her last voyage at the hands of the TSA .
Per ABC , here is the list of the top airports for TSA theft along with the number of employees fired due to allegations of theft from passengers:
- Miami International Airport (29)
- JFK International Airport (27)
- Los Angeles International Airport (24)
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (17)
- Las Vegas-McCarren International Airport (15)
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and New York-Laguardia Airport (14 each)
- Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International, and Seattle-Tacoma International airports (12 each)
- Orlando International Airport (11)
- Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Salt Lake City International Airport (10 each)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (9)
- Detroit Metro Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (7)
- Boston-Logan International, Denver International and San Diego International airports (6)
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport (5)
Is your local airport on the list of top airports for TSA theft? Are you surprised so many TSA agents have been fired for theft?
