I-AAPR igudluza okuphakelayo ngemithetho ye-DOT yokuvikela abathengi

WASHINGTON, DC - I-Association for Airline Passenger Rights, (AAPR) namuhla ijoyine amanye amaqembu ayisishiyagalombili kuzwelonke amalungelo abathengi icela iHhovisi Lokuphatha & Nesabelomali ("OMB") kanye neHhovisi Lolwazi & Nezindaba Zokulawula ("OIRA") ukuthi ziqedele. umsebenzi wayo eziqondisweni ngaphambilini ezimenyezelwe uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US (“DOT”) ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuvikeleka okungcono kwabagibeli bezindiza. Imithetho "Yokuthuthukisa Ukuvikelwa Kwabathengi III" imisiwe kwa-OMB ne-OIRA izinsuku ezingu-880, kusukela ngomhla ka-April 4, 2011. I-AAPR yagunyaza imithethonqubo lapho imenyezelwa kamuva kuleyo nyanga.

Incwadi ye-Consumer Travel Alliance ihole lo mzamo, nawo wagunyazwa yiBusiness Travel Coalition, AirlinePassengers.org, FlyersRights.org, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumers League kanye ne-US PIRG.

“I-AAPR ishayela ihlombe i-Charlie Leocha kanye ne-Consumer Travel Alliance ngobuholi babo kule ndaba ebaluleke kakhulu ngoba iyona ethinta izigidi zabahambi ngendiza minyaka yonke,” kufingqa u-Brandon M. Macsata, Umqondisi Omkhulu we-Association for Airline Passenger Rights. “Lawa mahhovisi amabili angaphakathi kweHhovisi Eliphethe likaMongameli wase-United States abe nesikhathi esanele sokubuyekeza imithetho ye-DOT yokuvikela abagibeli, futhi sesifikile isikhathi sokubeka abagibeli bezindiza phambili. Kalula nje, abagibeli bezindiza bangene shi emigomeni edidayo yezinkampani zezindiza kanye nokungabi bikho obala kwezinsuku ezingama-880, futhi lokho kuyizinsuku ezingama-880 eziningi kakhulu.

I-AAPR ikholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuvikela abathengi - kanye nokuvikelwa okunwetshwe ngaphansi komthetho wokugcina owashicilelwa ngoDisemba 30, 2009, lapho i-DOT idinga izinkampani ezithile zezindiza zase-US “ukuba zamukele izinhlelo zezimo eziphuthumayo zokubambezeleka kwetiyela okude; phendula ezinkingeni zabathengi; ukuthumela ulwazi lokulibaziseka kwendiza kumawebhusayithi abo; futhi samukele, silandele, futhi sihlole izinhlelo zesevisi yamakhasimende” – sezadlula isikhathi eside. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi imboni yezindiza ilokhu ingazinaki izikhalazo nokukhathazeka okuvezwa ithimba elikhulayo labagibeli bezindiza, ikakhulukazi ezindizeni zasekhaya. Abathwali bezindiza base-US bagcizelele kakhulu inzuzo yabo esikhundleni sokunethezeka, ukuphepha nokwaneliseka kwamakhasimende abo.