Abashayeli bezindiza eDelta Air Lines naseNorthwest Airlines ngokusobala abakalilahli ithemba lesixazululo esizovula kabusha izingxoxo zokuhlanganisa ezimiswe ukungezwani kokuthi zingaluhlanganisa kanjani uhlu lwabadala bezinyunyana ngaphansi kwenkampani yenethiwekhi ehlanganisiwe.
Ingcindezi ivuliwe yokuthi amaqembu amabili okuhlola enze isu lokuhlanganisa izinhlu. NgoLwesihlanu, uMongameli weDelta u-Ed Bastian uthe inkampani ethwala impahla ayinalo “Plan B” uma izingxoxo zokuhlanganisa neNorthwest zihlukana. Ekuqaleni kwesonto, uBastian kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu uRichard Anderson bakhiphe imemo kubasebenzi bethi inkampani yezindiza izoqhubeka nokusebenza yodwa uma izingxoxo zingaphumeleli. Inothi elifanayo laphuma ku-CEO waseNorthwest uDouglas Steenland laya kubasebenzi bakhe.
Womabili la maqembu abashayeli bezindiza kubikwa ukuthi avumelene ngephakethe lama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili elihlanganisa inkokhelo eyengeziwe, isabelo se-equity enkampanini ehlanganisiwe kanye nesihlalo ebhodini labaqondisi. Okuwukuphela kwephuzu eliwumdonsiswano elivimbela abashayeli bezindiza ukuthi bahlangane izikhundla eziphezulu, okubaluleke kakhulu ngoba yizo ezinquma iholo, yiziphi izindiza nezindlela abashayeli abahamba ngazo nokuthi bahlalaphi.
“Izinxushunxushu zibonakala ziseNyakatho-ntshonalanga [isahluko senyunyana yabashayeli bezindiza]. [Isahluko] sethu sijabule kakhulu ngale mibandela,” kusho uMichael Dunn, umshayeli wendiza ezinze e-Delta ezinze e-Salt Lake City, ngoLwesihlanu.
Naphezu kobunzima, akekho obonakala ekulungele ukumemezela ukuthi ukuhlanganisa kufile. Izimpawu ezimbalwa ezinhle zivele ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule ezibonisa ukuthi amaqembu omshayeli azama ukuqalisa kabusha izingxoxo, eziphule u-Feb.21.
NgoLwesine, iqembu labashayeli bezindiza baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga bathumele isimemezelo bevuma ukuthi abadala basaqhubeka nokuba yisithiyo esibavimbela ekwamukeleni i-Delta-Northwest. Kepha leli qembu, elingahlangene nesahluko saseNyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Air Line Pilots Association, lithe kusengenzeka ukuthi lolu daba lungaxazululwa.
"Lokho kungaba kuhle kakhulu ngoba ukwehluleka ukwenza lokho kuzosho ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwamathuba omnotho kubo bonke," kusho abashayeli bezindiza baseNorthwest.
Ngalo lolo suku, i-Associated Press ibike ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga bayaqhubeka nokubheka indlela eyamukelekile yokuhlanganisa izinhlu zabadala. Akukacaci ukuthi bazophinde bahlangane nini abaxoxisana kuzo zombili izahluko ze-ALPA, kodwa akukho okukhombisa ukuthi ngeke baqhubeke nokuzama, kusho i-AP, icaphuna umuntu onolwazi ngalesi simo.
Imizwa ejulile abashayeli bezindiza baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga abanayo ngokuphakama ichazwe ngoLwesithathu ngabanye babashayeli bezindiza abazinze eSeattle. Esibuyekezoni esibhalwe phansi mayelana nokuqhubeka kwezingxoxo, abashayeli bezindiza bathi umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwabo “namanye amaqembu angabashayeli bezindiza” ukuthi cishe ingxenye yesine yabashayeli bezindiza abangu-4,800 baseNorthwest bazohlanganisa iminyaka engama-60 phakathi neminyaka emihlanu. Nakuba iminyaka yokuthatha umhlalaphansi eyimpoqo isizoshintsha ibe ngu-65, abashayeli bezindiza baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga basinda ekuqoqweni imali nempesheni yabo yeminyaka engama-60 iphelele futhi abaningi kulindeleke ukuthi bathathe umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kweminyaka yobudala engama-65.
Lokho kuvulela abashayeli bezindiza abasebancane baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga indlela yokuthi bakhuphuke ngokushesha ohlwini lwezikhulu zezindiza, into engeke yenzeke uma behlanganiswa neqembu elincane lenkampani yezindiza ehlanganisiwe, kusho abashayeli bezindiza.
“Ukwehla esikhundleni noma ezimbili ngenxa yokulahleka, izikhundla eziphezulu ezihlanganisiwe kungase kusule kalula ukukhushulelwa amaholo, ikakhulukazi uma inkampani ehlanganisiwe ikhokha ngokweqile indlela yayo yokubuyela ekuqoqweni. Naphezu kokuhlelwa kabusha kokuqothuka, iDelta iyinkampani yezindiza engasebenzi kahle kakhulu, ”kusho umshayeli wendiza waseNorthwest etshela i-Salt Lake Tribune.
Noma ngabe uhlaka lwefomula yokuxuba uhlu lwabadala lufinyelelwa, ukuhlanganisa amaqembu amabili okuhlola kusazoba inselele. I-US Izindiza kanye ne-America West zihlangene ngoSepthemba 2005. Ezinyangeni ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye kamuva, i-US Airways ehlangene ayizange ihlanganise ngokugcwele izinhlu ezimbili zabadala, okuyiphoqe ukuthi iqhubeke nokusebenza, ngandlela thize, njengabathwali ababili.
Mhlawumbe ngokusobala, iDelta kanye neNyakatho-ntshonalanga bangena enkingeni ngenyanga efanayo ukuhlangana kwe-US Airways-America West kwamenyezelwa okokuqala. Kuthathe isikhathi esincane ukuthi iDelta neNorthwest zihlele kabusha futhi ziphume ekuqoqweni kwemali, okwenzeka ngonyaka odlule.
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