Usihlalo wePorter Airlines, Inc. uDonald Carty umemezele ukuqashwa kweNxusa uDavid H. Wilkins ebhodini labaqondisi bayo. “Sinenhlanhla yokuba inkampani yokuqala iNxusa uWilkins akhethe ukuzihlanganisa nayo kusukela eqede ihlandla lakhe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka,” kusho uCarty. "Akekho umuntu esimcabanga kangcono ukuthi asinikeze ukuqonda nesiqondiso ezingeni lebhodi njengoba i-Porter yakhela ubukhona bayo e-US."
Inxusa uWilkins njengamanje unguzakwethu eNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP eGreensville, eSouth Carolina futhi ungusihlalo weqembu lenqubomgomo yomphakathi kanye neqembu lezomthetho lamazwe ngamazwe, eligxile kakhulu ekumeleleni amabhizinisi nhlangothi zombili zomngcele wase-US-Canada futhi linikeza ulwazi mayelana nenqubo yomthetho. anhlobonhlobo izindaba zamasu amabili.
UMnu. Wilkins uqokwe nguMengameli uGeorge W. Bush ukuthi abe yiNxusa laseMelika eCanada futhi waqinisekiswa ngazwi linye yiSenate yaseMelika. NgoJuni 29, 2005, waba yiNxusa le-United States lama-21 eCanada.
Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe, iNxusa uWilkins wasiza ekuxazululeni ezinye zezinkinga ezaziseqophelweni eliphezulu phakathi kweCanada ne-United States, okuhlanganisa nombango wamapulangwe e-softwood osekungamashumi eminyaka ukhona. Waziwa nhlangothi zombili zomngcele njengomthengisi othembekile owayesebenzela izixazululo ezindabeni ezinzima kakhulu - amandla, ukuphepha kwezwe, imvelo, ukuhweba, kanye nokuvakasha - okuthinta izigidi zezakhamizi kuwo womabili la mazwe.
“Ngijabule ngokuqhubeka nobudlelwano bami neCanada kule ndima nePorter Airlines,” kusho uWilkins. “UPorter umele umoya wosomabhizinisi amabhizinisi amaningi aseCanada nase-US akhiwe kuwo eminyakeni edlule. Le nkampani ihlinzeka ngoxhumano olubalulekile phakathi kwamazwe ethu amabili, igqugquzela ezohwebo nezokuvakasha.”
Ngaphambi kokuqokwa kwakhe njengenxusa, uMnu. Wilkins usebenze njengomthetho iminyaka engu-34 eGreenville, eNingizimu Carolina futhi unolwazi olunzulu ekumangaleleni nasekudluliseleni amacala.
UMnu. Wilkins wakhethwa eSouth Carolina House of Representatives ngo-1980 futhi wakhonza lapho iminyaka engu-25. Ngokushesha wakhuphuka ezikhundleni eNdlu yabaMeli, wasebenza iminyaka eyisithupha njengosihlalo weKomidi Lezobulungiswa LeNdlu kanye neminyaka emibili engusomlomo ngaphambi kokuba aqokwe njengoSomlomo, isikhundla asibambe iminyaka engu-11. Ubeyisikhulumi sokuqala esikhethwe yiRiphabhulikhi kunoma iyiphi inhlangano yomthetho eningizimu kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1880s futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengesinye sezikhulumi ezisebenze isikhathi eside ezweni. Ngo-2001, wasebenza njengomongameli weNational Speakers Association.
Waqokwa nguMongameli ebhodini lezivakashi e-United States Academy eWest Point ngo-2002 futhi wasebenza iminyaka emithathu. Njengamanje ukhonza njenge-trustee ku-Clemson University Board.
Ongowokuzalwa eGreenville, eNingizimu Carolina, Inxusa uWilkins uthole iziqu zakhe zeziqu eClemson University kanye neziqu zakhe zomthetho e-University of South Carolina School of Law. Ubuye wasebenza eButhweni Lezempi lase-US kanye nase-US Army Reserves.
