{"id":1072025,"date":"2026-05-22T10:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/atlanta-airport-replace-tsa-private-security-shutdown-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:19:24","slug":"atlanta-airport-replace-tsa-private-security-shutdown-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/atlanta-airport-replace-tsa-private-security-shutdown-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Busiest Airport on Earth Wants to Fire the TSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\n<p>For decades, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International has been the busiest airport in the world. Over 100 million passengers a year. The single most important screening checkpoint in the United States. And throughout the recent government shutdown, more than a third of its TSA screeners simply did not show up for work. Now Atlanta\u2019s city government is openly exploring something no major U.S. hub has ever done: replacing the federal Transportation Security Administration with a private security contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Quick Facts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Airport:<\/strong> Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Passenger traffic:<\/strong> ~104 million annually (world\u2019s busiest)<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Current screening provider:<\/strong> Transportation Security Administration (TSA, federal)<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Trigger event:<\/strong> Government shutdown of 2025-2026 \u2014 up to 36% of ATL TSA screeners did not report for work<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Alternative under consideration:<\/strong> Private screening contractor under the TSA Screening Partnership Program (SPP)<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Existing SPP airports:<\/strong> San Francisco (SFO), Kansas City (MCI), and 18 smaller airports already use private screeners<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Likely contractors:<\/strong> Covenant Aviation Security, Trinity Technology Group, Allied Universal<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Decision timeline:<\/strong> Independent feasibility study commissioned in May 2026; any decision would follow its findings<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What 36% absent looks like at ATL<\/h2>\n\n<p>During the most acute days of the recent shutdown, Atlanta\u2019s TSA staffing dropped to barely two-thirds of normal levels. The result was visible to anyone who happened to fly through ATL\u2019s domestic terminals: security lines snaking the entire length of the main terminal, two-and-three-hour wait times for routine screening, passengers missing connections, gate agents holding flights that should not have been held, and the kind of operational meltdown that makes the case for change irresistible to a sitting airport authority.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Atlanta City Council is not waiting to see if the shutdown happens again. In May 2026 it voted to commission a feasibility study under the TSA\u2019s existing Screening Partnership Program \u2014 the legal framework that allows U.S. airports to opt out of direct federal screening in favour of private contractors operating under TSA standards and oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=498961557  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/fix-1072025-0-hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-international.jpg\" alt=\"Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport terminal\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport \u2014 the world\u2019s busiest, by passenger count. The city government is now exploring replacing TSA screening with private contractors. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">How the Screening Partnership Program actually works<\/h2>\n\n<p>Counter to popular assumption, the option to replace the TSA with private screeners has existed since the 2001 Aviation and Transportation Security Act that created the agency in the first place. The Screening Partnership Program \u2014 SPP \u2014 allows any U.S. commercial airport to apply to opt out of TSA-employed screening and contract directly with a private security firm. The contractor must use TSA-trained personnel, TSA-approved equipment, TSA-mandated procedures, and TSA-set passenger throughput standards. The TSA retains regulatory authority and conducts the same audits.<\/p>\n\n<p>What changes is the employment relationship. The screeners work for the contractor, not for the federal government. They are not subject to federal hiring freezes, federal pay caps, or government shutdowns. The contractor pays them whether Congress passes a budget or not. That is the entire point.<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Who else has done this<\/h2>\n\n<p>San Francisco International \u2014 the 13th-busiest U.S. airport \u2014 has been under private screening since 2002, contracted to Covenant Aviation Security. Kansas City International. Glacier Park International. Around twenty airports total, mostly small to mid-sized regional facilities. None at the scale of Atlanta. If ATL switches, it would be by far the largest airport in the SPP \u2014 and the political signal would be unmissable.<\/p>\n\n<p>City officials have framed the case bluntly: the council resolution behind the study cites multi-hour wait times, cancelled flights and substantial economic harm to the travelling public during the shutdown, and points to the Screening Partnership Program as a legal pathway to bring screening reliability back under local control.<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What stays the same \u2014 and what does not<\/h2>\n\n<p>For the passenger, the experience would be largely identical. Same shoes-off, same liquids rule, same belt-removal, same body scanners, same uniform-looking screeners. The TSA would still own the rulebook and the federal background-check apparatus. PreCheck would still work the same way. Global Entry, CLEAR \u2014 all unchanged.<\/p>\n\n<p>What changes is who pays the screeners. The TSA\u2019s screener workforce \u2014 the largest single category of federal civilian employment after the Postal Service \u2014 would shrink by several thousand people in Atlanta alone. The contractor would draw from a similar pool, often hiring the same people who used to work for TSA. The wage structure would shift from federal pay scale to market rate. The labour-union picture would change. The political picture \u2014 particularly in Washington \u2014 would change significantly.<\/p>\n\n<p>It is not yet certain Atlanta will make the switch. The airport board votes later this year. What is certain is that the conversation has now moved out of academic policy circles and into a live procurement question at the busiest aviation chokepoint in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sources: Simple Flying; Atlanta Journal-Constitution; FAA airport rankings; TSA Screening Partnership Program documentation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Why does Atlanta's airport want to replace the TSA?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>After the 2025-2026 government shutdown, up to 36% of TSA screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International did not report for work, causing hours-long security lines and missed connections. Atlanta's city government responded by commissioning a feasibility study into replacing the federal TSA with a private screening contractor.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Can airports use private security instead of the TSA?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Yes. Under the TSA's Screening Partnership Program (SPP), airports can apply to use TSA-approved private contractors who must follow the same federal security standards. San Francisco (SFO), Kansas City (MCI) and about 18 smaller airports already do. Atlanta is studying whether to join them.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) is the world's busiest airport, handling roughly 104 million passengers a year. Its screening operation is among the most important in the United States, which is why staffing shortfalls during the shutdown had such an outsized, nationwide-felt impact. For airports at the other extreme, see <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/worlds-most-terrifying-airport-approaches\/\">the world's most terrifying airport approaches<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Which companies could replace the TSA at Atlanta?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Likely private screening contractors include Covenant Aviation Security, Trinity Technology Group and Allied Universal \u2014 firms already active in aviation security. 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