Amazing news

Amazing news about our largest local airport!  

According to a news release just received from the Port of Seattle, "Sea-Tac generates more than 161,000 jobs (89,902 direct jobs)"

Does this mean what it seems to say?  That the Port of Seattle employs 89,902 people at the Airport?  Full-time?  No wonder that it's sometimes hard to find parking.  

What do all those Sea-Tac employees do, & where do they do it?  The FAA runs the tower.  The airlines fly the aircraft & handle all the ticketing.  The Feds are in charge of most of the security. Concessionaires staff the shops, coffee bars, &c.  Sub-subcontractors do the fueling & all of that work out by the gates.  

Perhaps the Port needs to hire a systems engineer (efficiency expert) to find ways of running the Airport with fewer personnel -- about 89,000 fewer, if we may offer a suggestion.