Inyunyana yabashayeli bezindiza izosebenzisa le nhlekelele eyagwemeka ngoLwesine olwedlule ukuze ifake isicelo namuhla kuBritish Airways ukuthi ilahle lokho ethi kungase kube buthaka izinga lokuphepha enkampanini entsha yezindiza.
Amaminithi ngaphambi kokuphahlazeka kwe-Boeing 777 e-Heathrow, ikomidi le-BA leBritish Air Line Pilots Association (Balpa) livotele ukubamba ivoti lokuteleka phakathi kwabashayeli bezindiza abangu-3,000.
Inyunyana, ephikisana nezinhlelo ze-BA zokudala inkampani yezindiza enendikimba ehlukene yabashayeli bezindiza abazondiza phakathi kweNew York neParis noma eBrussels, inqume ukumisa ukuvota ukuze kuvunyelwe inkampani yezindiza ukuthi igxile ekubuyiseleni emuva engozini.
Izolo ntambama izimfucumfucu ze-Boeing 777 zisusiwe kumzila wezindiza oseningizimu futhi izikhathi ezijwayelekile zendiza ziphinde zaqala kabusha e-Heathrow njengoba kuvela ukuthi ukungasebenzi kwekhompyutha yikhona okungenzeka kube yimbangela yokucisha kwenjini ye-BA038.
Abasebenzi bezobuchwepheshe beBritish Airways bakholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lokulawula indiza ye-Boeing lwenza ukuthi zombili izinjini zehlule ngesikhathi sokwehla kokugcina ibheke e-Heathrow ngoLwesine. Bonke abagibeli abangu-136 nabasebenzi abangu-16 basindile.
Ochwepheshe bathi ukwehluleka ngesikhathi esisodwa kwezinjini "kwakungacabangeki". Baphakamise ukuthi iphutha kumele libe semakhompiyutheni abewalawula.
“Kunama-autothrottles ahlukene, ikhompuyutha yesokunxele nekhompyutha yesokudla . . . yonke into ihlukene phakathi,” kusho owayengumshayeli wezindiza i-777. "Ukuze zombili izinjini zehluleke ngesikhathi esisodwa, bekufanele ngabe kuyaliwe."
Uphiko lwe-Air Accident Investigation Branch selukhiphe yonke imininingwane kumarekhodi endiza yendiza kanti umbiko wawo wokuqala ngalesi sigameko kulindeleke ukuthi ukhishwe ezinsukwini ezingu-30.
Namuhla ntambama abamele izinyunyana bazohlangana nabaphathi be-BA ekomkhulu lenkampani yezindiza eduze kwase-Heathrow futhi bazokubeka kucace ukuthi ivoti lizoqhubeka ngaphandle uma u-BA ehlehla.
I-BA ithe amazinga okuphepha azofana enkampanini entsha yezindiza, i-OpenSkies, njengasenkampanini enkulu.
Kodwa u-Balpa uthi kuyamkhathaza ukuthi kwethulwa iziqu ezihlukene, okusho ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza be-OpenSkies kuzofanele bathathe izifundo ezengeziwe uma befuna ukudlulisela kuBritish Airways.
UBalpa ufuna ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza bezindiza ezimbili basebenze njengomzimba owodwa, noqeqesho olufanayo nohlelo olulodwa lwesikhundla, lapho ubukhulu buxhunyaniswa nenani leminyaka kule nkampani.
U-Balpa uzophikisa namuhla ukuthi ukuphahlazeka kugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuba nabashayeli bezindiza abaqeqeshwe kakhulu nabanolwazi oluhambisana nesethi yezindinganiso ezifanayo. I-BA isincomile isenzo esisheshayo sabashayeli bezindiza, uJohn Coward noPeter Burkill, ekuvimbeleni isigameko esibi kakhulu.
UJim McAuslan, unobhala-jikelele we-Balpa, uthe: “Uma amahora angu-72 edlule engakawushintshi umqondo wenkampani, angazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani. Sikhathazekile ngokuthi i-OpenSkies ingase ibe namazinga ahlukene.
"Sikhathazekile futhi ukuthi, uma usuqalile ukukhipha, ulahlekelwa ukulawula izinga."
Abashayeli bezindiza be-BA bakholelwa ukuthi inkampani yezindiza izama ukunqamula amandla enkampanini ngokwakha enye inkampani yezindiza ezoba nezindleko eziphansi zokusebenza. Abashayeli bezindiza besaba ukuthi i-OpenSkies izokhula ngokushesha futhi ingasetshenziswa yi-BA njengengxoxo yokuxoxisana ngamaholo nemibandela.
I-BA imemezele kule nyanga ukuthi izothatha ithuba lesivumelwano esikhulula imakethe yezokuvakasha ngendiza phakathi kwe-Europe ne-United States ngokwakha i-OpenSkies.
Inkampani yezindiza, eqanjwe ngesivumelwano, izovumela i-BA ukuthi iqhudelane ngqo nezinkampani zase-Europe ezifana ne-Air France-KLM.
I-OpenSkies izoqala ukundiza ngoJuni phakathi kweNew York neParis noma iBrussels, isebenzisa indiza iBoeing 757 enezihlalo ezingama-82 kuphela.
Okhulumela i-BA wenqabile ukuphendula imibuzo mayelana neziqu ezahlukene ezingasebenza kulezi zinkampani ezimbili zezindiza. Uthe: “Kuzomele siqhubeke nezingxoxo noBalpa ngoMsombuluko. Ngeke kube okufanelekile ukuphawula kusenesikhathi ngalezi zinkulumo.”
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