Transportation Security Administration officer Jason Ihle said in an interview with Newsmax that an unexpected $10,000 bonus for working through the recent 43-day government shutdown will help stabilize his household ahead of the holidays, calling the award “such a surprise and such a blessing” after weeks of uncertainty.
Ihle, a U.S. Air Force veteran who works at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, told “National Report” that he learned about the bonus early one morning when his supervisor called and asked, “Hey, you up?” before delivering the news.
“I was just stunned. I was like, no way,” he recalled.
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