TSA To Fire 8 Air Marshals For Drinking On The Job, 6 More Suspended
Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 17:14
New York City -
The TSA said it will fire eight air marshals, including one supervisor, wil be fired for drinking alcohol while on duty. All but one can appeal the decision, that one was new and on probationary status and was fire immediately. Six others will be suspended for knowing about the incident but not reporting it.
The incident occured at a restaurant in February but officials did not learn of it until it was reported on a website where employees can report incidents to TSA leaders.