Iyaqhubeka impi yokuvikela abagibeli abavaleleke ezindizeni isikhathi esingaphezu kwamahora amathathu. IBusiness Travel Coalition, iqembu labathengi elimele iminyango yezinkampani yezokuvakasha engaba ngu-300, ihlanganyele ne-FlyersRights.org ekukhuthazeni umthetho wamalungelo abagibeli.
La maqembu asekela umthetho kakhongolose ozovumela abagibeli ukuthi behle ezindizeni ezibambezeleke okungenani amahora amathathu endaweni yetiyela yesikhumulo sezindiza, becabanga ukuthi kuphephile ukwenza lokho. Ngaphambilini, umfelandawonye wawuphikisana nomthetho ohlongozwayo, kodwa ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-80 ochwepheshe bemboni yezokuvakasha kanye nabahambi bebhizinisi bayawusekela lo mthetho.
“I-BTC ifakaze izikhathi ezi-4 kusukela ngo-1999 iphikisana nokungenelela kweCongressional, futhi yaphikisana noMthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo Abagibeli Wesifunda SaseNew York owawungaholela ekuhlukaniseni izindinganiso zamalungelo abagibeli kuzo zonke izifundazwe. Lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-federal preemption kwasungulwa kudala ukuze kuvinjelwe inqwaba yemithetho yokwengamela, "kusho usihlalo we-BTC uKevin Mitchell, esitatimendeni esilungisiwe. “Kodwa-ke, izindiza azisakwazi ukuba nazo zombili izindlela; abathengi bayaqhubeka nokulimala futhi abanazo izivikelo ezingeni likahulumeni. Ngakho-ke, okuwukuphela kwekhambi elisele yindinganiso eyodwa yamalungelo omgibeli efakwe yiCongress okudingeka iyenzele abagibeli lokho izindiza ezenqabile ukukwenza. "
Umthetho wamanje uxhaswe amaSenator u-Barbara Boxer (D-CA) kanye ne-Olympia Snowe (R-ME) kulandela ukwanda kwakamuva kokubambezeleka kwendiza okushiye abahambi bebambeke ezindizeni ubusuku bonke. Ngokwe-USAToday, “abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-200,000 3,000 basekhaya baye bavaleleka ezindizeni ezingaphezu kuka-2007 XNUMX amahora amathathu noma ngaphezulu belindele ukusuka noma amatekisi aya esangweni kusukela ngo-January XNUMX.”
I-Air Transport Association, emele izindiza ezinkulu zaseMelika, iphikisana nomthetho othi izindiza "zinezinhlelo eziphuthumayo" ezikhona zokuvikela abahambi kanye nokubhekana nokubambezeleka kwetiyela, ngaphandle kokungenelela kukahulumeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- As such, the only remaining remedy is a single passenger-rights standard emplaced by a Congress that needs to do for passengers what the airlines have refused to do.
- The groups are supporting a congressional law that would allow passengers to disembark from planes delayed at least three hours on airport tarmacs, assuming it safe to do so.
- According to USAToday, “more than 200,000 domestic passengers have been stuck on more than 3,000 planes for three hours or more waiting to take off or taxi to a gate since January 2007.
