By Federico Maccioni

RIYADH (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines is seeing a “small” impact from the U.S. government shutdown, costing it less than $1 million a day, and the shortage of airport security staff is of greater concern, the carrier’s CEO said on Monday.

“The more obvious concern is TSA (Transportation Security Administration) and ensuring that those checkpoints are staffed accordingly,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian told Reuters on the sidelines of the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh.

There is also a shortage of air traffic controllers in the United States. Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work without pay during the government shutdown. Controllers will miss their first full paycheck on Tuesday.

“Air traffic control is s

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