WASHINGTON — Izindlu zangasese ezinukayo, izingane ezikhalayo, izindlu zangasese ezingenawo umoya — ihhovisi lika-Obama lithe ngoMsombuluko abagibeli akusadingeki baqhubeke nokuhamba. Iyalele izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zidedele abantu behle ezindizeni ezibambezeleke phansi ngemuva kwamahora amathathu.

UNobhala wezokuThutha uRay LaHood uthe umkhawulo wamahora amathathu neminye imithetho emisha kuhloswe ngayo ukuthumela umyalezo ongaguquki ezinhlanganweni zezindiza ukuthi zingabambi abagibeli ezindizeni ezibambekile. Njengoba sifika ngobusuku bangaphambi kwenkathi yokuvakasha ematasa yamaholide, lesi simemezelo sanconywa abagqugquzeli babathengi ngokuthi “isimangaliso sikaKhisimusi.”

Imboni yezindiza ithe izohambisana nemithethonqubo - ezoqala ukusebenza ezinsukwini eziyi-120 - kodwa yabikezela ukuthi umphumela kuzoba izindiza ezikhanseliwe kakhulu, ukuphazamiseka okwengeziwe kubagibeli.

“Imfuneko yokuthi izindiza zibuyele emasangweni phakathi newindi lamahora amathathu noma zibhekane nezinhlawulo ezinkulu azihambisani nomgomo wethu wokuqeda izindiza eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka. Ukubambezeleka kwetiyela isikhathi eside akuzuzi muntu,” kusho uMengameli we-Air Transport Association kanye nesikhulu uJames May.

ULaHood, nokho, ukuchithile lokho kukhathazeka.

“Angazi ukuthi yini engaphazamisa abantu kunokubhajwa uhlezi endizeni amahora amahlanu, ayisithupha, ayisikhombisa kungekho ncazelo,” kusho uLaHood esithangamini.

Kulo nyaka kuze kube umhla zingama-31 kuMfumfu, bekunezindiza ezingu-864 eziphuma ngamatekisi amahora amathathu noma ngaphezulu, ngokusho kweBureau of Transportation Statistics. Izikhulu zezokuthutha, zisebenzisa idatha yango-2007 no-2008, zithe kunesilinganiso sezindiza ezifika ekhaya eziyi-1,500 ngonyaka ezithwala abagibeli ababalelwa ku-114,000 ezibambezeleka amahora angaphezu kwamathathu.

Ngenyanga edlule, umnyango wahlawulisa i-Continental Airlines, i-ExpressJet Airlines kanye ne-Mesaba Airlines u-$175,000 ngezindima zabo ekubambezelekeni kwetiyela okungamahora ayisithupha e-Rochester, eMinn. Ngo-August, i-Continental Express Flight 2816 isendleleni eya eMinneapolis yaphambukiselwa e-Rochester ngenxa yokuduma kwezulu. Abagibeli abangu-XNUMX bagcinwe ubusuku bonke endizeni enyinyekile ngenxa yokuthi abasebenzi baseMesaba benqabile ukuvula isango ukuze bangene esikhumulweni sezindiza esivaliwe.

Bekungokokuqala ukuthi umnyango uhlawulise inkampani yezindiza ngesenzo esithinta ukubambezeleka komhlaba. Izikhulu zezokuthutha zacacisa ukuthi leli cala liyisixwayiso embonini.

Ngaphansi kwemithetho emisha, okuwukuphela kwento engaphandle kwemfuneko yokuthi izindiza kufanele zibuyele esangweni ngemva kwamahora amathathu okokuphepha noma ukuvikeleka noma uma ukulawulwa kwethrafikhi yendiza yeluleka umshayeli ukuthi abuyele esikhumulweni sezindiza kuzophazamisa ukusebenza kwesikhumulo sezindiza.

UNobhala Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya uJanet Napolitano uthe ucabanga ukuthi lo mthetho wamahora amathathu ngeke udale izinkinga kwezokuphepha. “Angicabangi ukuthi bekungaba njalo. Ngiwubiza ngomthetho womqondo ophusile,” kusho yena.

Izinkampani zezindiza zingahlawuliswa u-$27,500 umgibeli ngamunye ngokwephula ngakunye umkhawulo wamahora amathathu.

Imithethonqubo iyasebenza ezindizeni zasekhaya. Izinkampani zenethiwekhi zase-US ezisebenzisa izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe ezisuka noma ezifika e-United States kufanele zicacise, kusengaphambili, imikhawulo yazo yesikhathi sokuhlehlisa abagibeli. Abathwali bakwamanye amazwe abandizi phakathi kwamadolobha amabili ase-US futhi abahlanganiswa nemithetho.

Ukumiswa kwetiyela kubandakanye kakhulu izindiza zasekhaya, kodwa umnyango ufunda ukwelula umkhawulo wamahora amathathu ezindizeni zamazwe ngamazwe, kusho uLaHood.

"Lesi yisiqalo," kusho uLaHood. "Sicabanga ukuthi kufanele kubagibeli sibabheke ngempela."

Izinkampani zezindiza kuzodingeka ukuthi zinikeze abagibeli ukudla namanzi phakathi namahora amabili indiza ibambezeleke endaweni yetiyela, futhi zinakekele izindlu zangasese ezisebenzayo. Kufanele futhi banikeze abagibeli usizo lwezokwelashwa uma kunesidingo.

Izinkampani zezindiza zizophinde zivinjelwe ukuhlela izindiza ezibambezeleke njalo. Kufanele baqoke isisebenzi ukuthi siqaphe imiphumela yokubambezeleka kwendiza nokukhansela futhi siphendule izikhalazo zabathengi. Futhi kuzodingeka bathumele imininingwane yokubambezeleka kwendiza kumawebhusayithi abo. Izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezihlulekayo ukuthobela umthetho zingabhekana nezinyathelo zikahulumeni zokusebenzisa imikhuba yokuhweba engalungile noma ekhohlisayo.

Izinhlinzeko ezixhaswe nguSens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., kanye no-Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, emthethweni osalindile nazo zizobeka umkhawulo wamahora amathathu, kodwa imithethonqubo emisha iqhubekela phambili, inikeza abameli bamalungelo abagibeli izinguquko eziningi abazenzayo. 'ngifuna iminyaka.

"Ngeke besakwazi ukuvala abagibeli amahora angaphezu kwamathathu emashubhu ensimbi ashisayo, ajulukile," kusho uKate Hanni, umsunguli we-Flyersrights.org. U-Hanni, owabiza le mithetho ngokuthi iyisimangaliso sikaKhisimusi, wayebambeke endizeni yezindiza i-American Airlines e-Austin, eTexas, isikhathi esingaphezu kwamahora ayisishiyagalolunye ngo-December 2006 ngesikhathi iziphepho ziphoqa ukuthi kuvalwe isikhumulo sezindiza i-Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, esabiye izindiza ezingaphezu kwe-100.

Imizamo edlule yokubhekana nale nkinga iye yafiphala lapho kubhekene nokuphikiswa kwezimboni futhi kuthembisa ukuguqula.

ICongress kanye nabaphathi bakaClinton bazame ukuthatha isinyathelo ngemuva kwesiphepho sezulu sikaJanuwari 1999 sagcina izindiza zaseNorthwest Airlines ziphansi eDetroit, zabamba abagibeli amahora ayisikhombisa. Eminye imithetho emisha yafakwa kodwa iziphakamiso eziningi zafa, okuhlanganisa neyokuthi izinkampani zezindiza zikhokhele abagibeli abagcinwa emzileni wezindiza isikhathi esingaphezu kwamahora amabili.

Abaphathi bakaBush kanye noKhongolose babuyela odabeni eminyakeni emithathu edlule ngemuva kokubosheka okumbalwa okuphakeme, okuhlanganisa iqhwa nesiphepho seqhwa okuholele ekutheni iJetBlue Airways ishiye izindiza zigcwele abagibeli behlezi etiyeleni eSikhumulweni Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe SaseNew York cishe amahora ayi-11.

Ngemuva kwalezo zigameko, uMhloli Jikelele we-DOT uCalvin Scovel uncome ukuthi izindiza kufanele zibeke umkhawulo wesikhathi abagibeli okufanele balinde ukubambezeleka kohambo olubekwe ngaphakathi endizeni.

Ngonyaka odlule, abaphathi bakaBush bahlongoza izindiza zezindiza ukuthi zibe nezinhlelo zezimo eziphuthumayo zabagibeli abavaleleke, kodwa lesi siphakamiso asizange sifake umkhawulo wesikhathi othi abagibeli bangagcinwa isikhathi esingakanani belindile. Yagxekwa njengengenamazinyo ngabameli babathengi.