Byron Amos

A high number of call-outs and absences among TSA agents during the partial Homeland Security shutdown has Atlanta City Councilman Byron Amos suggesting private security at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Amos said he wants to see what a preliminary study reveals.

The feasibility, if it's good, if it's bad, what it'll cost, how will we do it if we decide to do it?

But George Boric with the American Federation of Government Employees said hiring a for-profit company leads to questions.

Councilman Amos said he'll introduce his privatization proposal later this month.

Grinnell Scott, Fox News.