Houston’s Bush Airport has had some of the worst TSA wait times. Here’s why | CNN

Increasingly agitated travelers are sacrificing countless hours and missing milestone events as a partial government shutdown spills into its 40th day and the country loses hundreds of airport security employees. Nowhere is the scene more miserable than at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), where predawn lines this week packed an underground tunnel and forced some travelers to miss their flights — again. “We see the families arriving early and waiting for hours. We see missed flights. We see missed moments, weddings, vacations, time with loved ones,” said Jim Szczesniak, director of aviation for the Houston Airport System. Even more sobering: “We worry conditions will only get worse at airports across the US until Congress ends this shutdown,” Szczesniak said. Here’s why the situation is so dire, why some airports are faring better and why the problems could get worse. Some travelers who missed their flights at George Bush Intercontinental were forced to return to the airport the next day and spend more hours in line. They were among a sea of frustrated passengers that stretched down into a tunnel where a subway tram typically runs. As they waited,