Izindiza zezindiza zaseMelika (A4A), inhlangano yezohwebo embonini yezindiza ezihola phambili e-US, imemezele namuhla ukuthi iBhodi labaqondisi ikhethe uSihlalo weSouthwest Airlines kanye no-CEO uGary Kelly ukuba abe nguSihlalo weBhodi isikhathi esiyiminyaka emibili esiqala ngoJanuwari 1, 2021. URobin Hayes, Umphathi omkhulu weJetBlue Airways, wakhethwa ukuba asebenze njengePhini likaSihlalo wenhlangano.
"Sijabule ukuthi uGary anyukele esikhundleni sikaSihlalo ngesikhathi kunenselelo enkulu kangaka embonini yethu, kubathwali nakubasebenzi," kusho uMongameli kanye ne-CEO yakwa-A4A uNicholas E. Calio. "Lo nyaka ubukhathaza kakhulu izindiza zaseMelika, futhi sibheke phambili ekwakheni kabusha le mboni futhi siqale kabusha uhambo lokundiza ngonyaka omusha ngaphansi kobuholi nombono wabo bobabili uGary noRobin."
Ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, izinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika bezithutha abagibeli abayizigidi ezi-2.5 namathani angu-58,000 wezimpahla ngosuku. Ngenkathi kusetshenziswa imikhawulo yezokuvakasha kanye nemiyalo yokuhlala ekhaya, ukufunwa kohambo lomoya kwehle kakhulu lapho inani labagibeli lehla ngamaphesenti angama-96 laya ezingeni elingakaze libonwe kusukela ngaphambi kokufika kweminyaka yezindiza. Abathwali baphoqeleke ukusika izindiza kanti njengamanje bashisa imali engamadola ayizigidi eziyi-180 zamali yonke imihla ukuze nje baqhubeke nokusebenza. Ukusabalala okusheshayo kwe-COVID-19 kanye nemikhawulo ebekwe nguhulumeni kanye neyebhizinisi ekuhambeni kwezindiza kuyaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela ongakaze ubonwe futhi okhungathekise ezindizeni zase-US, kubasebenzi bazo nakumphakathi ohambahamba nowokuthumela. Namuhla, inani labagibeli lehle ngamaphesenti angama-65-70, ijubane lokubhuka okusha kwehlile futhi abathwali babike ukwanda kokukhanselwa kwamakhasimende.
“Kuwo wonke lo bhubhane, abasebenzi bezindiza baseMelika baqhubekile nokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezibalulekile, okubandakanya ukuhambisa abasebenzi bezokwelapha, imishini nempahla. Manje, njengoba isizwe sethu silungiselela ukwamukelwa komuthi wokugomela i-coronavirus, kubaluleke kakhulu kunakuqala ukuthi abasebenzi bethu basemsebenzini futhi bakulungele ukusiza ekusabalaliseni le mithi ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni jikelele, ”kusho uKelly. “Siyaluthokozela uxhaso olwenziwe iWashington emuva ngoMashi ngohlelo lwePayroll Support Programme (PSP), futhi siyaqhubeka nokucela iCongress ukuthi idlulise enye iphakheji yosizo ezosiza ekugcineni imisebenzi yalaba besilisa nabesifazane abasebenza kanzima embonini yezindiza yaseMelika. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-A4A kanye namalungu ayo babheke phambili ukuhlangana namalungu ombuso omusha ukuze babhunge ngezinto ezibekwe eqhulwini ukuze kugcinwe uhlelo lwezokundiza emoyeni lubambe iqhaza elibalulekile emnothweni wethu. ”
Umthetho weCARES ophasiswe ngoMashi ubandakanya usizo oluqondile lokukhokhela izinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika, uhlinzeka ngosizo olusheshayo lwezezimali oludingekayo ukuze kulondolozwe imisebenzi yezindiza. Ngeshwa, ngenkathi leyo mali iphela ngoSepthemba 30, amashumi ezinkulungwane zabasebenzi - kubandakanya nabasebenza ezindizeni, abashayeli bezindiza, omakhenikha nabanye abaningi - badutshulwa. Izindiza zezindiza zaseMelika zithe zingakwazi ukubuyisa le misebenzi uma i-PSP yelulwa, kepha lokhu kuba nzima ngokwengeziwe usuku ngalunye oludlulayo.
“Akungabazeki ngalokhu, inhloso yethu yokuqala ukusinda nokugcina abasebenzi bethu besemsebenzini futhi bengasebenzi. Ngeke futhi sisuse iso lethu ekubalulekeni kokusimama, ”kwengeza uHayes. “Ekupheleni konyaka odlule - ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane - ngiyakhumbula ngithi ukusimama kungenzeka kube yinkinga ebaluleke kakhulu ebhekene nomkhakha. Kumele sizibophezele ngokugcwele ekusaseni elizayo. ”
