of april 2, 8500 of those infected with tsa were seeing fewer flights are there concerns overr flightsafety if you have that kind of number of employees at tsa specifically who have covid? >> that's a case where in the beginning there was a concern, there is a lot of employees staying home. the agencies was allowing anyone who felt like they might be at a high risk and they didn't really need to prove it they just had to express to the supervisor they were not comfortable coming in. that left thousands of employees staying home. but at this point, the flight traffic is so low they have more staff than they need. thosee going to work or working one or two days a week or even just a couple days every other week. then they'll be placed on paid administrative leave to be home. they are sort of adjusting to the facts they are screening a small fraction of what they normally do. if talk to some tsa executives who say this just really nothing for us to do right now. i think they have covered their basis. >> eric joining us for this conversation we have divided the lines differently if you want to

are the concerns over flightsafety if you have thatth kind of number of employees at tsa specifically who have covid? >> guest: right. that's a case where in the beginning there was a concern, who was a lot of employees that were. staying home because the agency was sort of allowing anyone who felt like they might be at high risk and they didn't even really need to prove it, they just have this expressed to survive i don't feel comfortable coming in. that lets thousands of employees were still staying home. but at this point the flight traffic is so low that it's actually, they have more staff than they need. those that are so going to work are working like one or two days a week or even a couple days every other week and then being placed on paid administrative leave to be home. they are sort of adjusting to the fact that they are screening about a fraction, a small fraction of what the normally do. i've talked to somell tsa executives who said there's nothing for us tosa do right no. i think that covered the bases. >> host: eric katz joined as for this conversation. we have divided

are there concerns over flightsafety if you have that kind of number of employees at tsa specificallyave covid? guest: that is a case or at the beginning, there was a concern. there were a lot of employees staying home because the agency was allowing anyone who felt like they might be at a high even reallyidn't need to prove it, they just had to express to their supervisor they did not feel comfortable coming in. that led to thousands of employees staying home. at this point, flight traffic is so low, they have more staff than they need. those who are still going to work are working one or two days a week, or even a couple of days every other week, and being placed on paid administrative leave to be home. they are sort of adjusting to the fact that they are screening a fraction -- a small fraction of what they normally do. i have spoken to some tsa executives who say there is nothing for us to do right now. i think they have covered their basis. host: eric katz joining us for this conversation. we have divided the lines differently if you want to comment on federal employees and how t