I-RADNOR, PA - IBusiness Travel Coalition (BTC) namuhla encwadini eya kuSomlomo weNdlu yabaMeli uNancy Pelosi (D-8th CA) icele ukwesekwa kokumiswa, okuzofakwa kumthethosivivinywa wokuvuselela umnotho kazwelonke ka-2008-2009, ukukhishwa kwemisebenzi yokulungisa izindiza zezentengiselwano nezithwala impahla kuze kube yileso sikhathi lapho kuba khona izinga elilodwa lokunakekela nokuvikela lapho umsebenzi onjalo wenziwa ezikhungweni zenkampani yezindiza, izindawo zokulungisa zasekhaya-zaseMelika, noma izindawo zokulungisa zangaphandle, futhi kuze kube yileso sikhathi lapho I-US Federal Aviation Administration inesakhiwo senhlangano esifanele kanye nezinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kuhlinzekwe ukugada okwanele.
Ochwepheshe abaningi bezimboni zezindiza baxwayise ngokuthi izinqubo zamanje zokukhishwa kwemisebenzi zibeka engcupheni ekhulayo emphakathini ondizayo ngenxa yokwehliswa kwesithunzi kuzo zombili izindinganiso zokulungisa izindiza kanye nokwengamela kukahulumeni. Ihhovisi lomhloli Jikelele woMnyango WezokuThutha e-US libhale izinkinga eziningi ezinkulu kule ndawo eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Umbiko wakamuva ushicilelwe ngoSepthemba 30, 2008 futhi wathi:
“Ngokuqondile, sinqume ukuthi i-FAA ayinalo (1) uhlelo olwanele lokunquma ukuthi yimalini futhi kuphi ukulungiswa okubaluleke kakhulu okwenzekayo, (2) ibe nenqubomgomo ethile elawula ukuthi abahloli babaphathi bezitifiketi kufanele bavakashele nini iziteshi zokulungisa ezilungisa izinto ezinkulu, (3) ) idinga abahloli ukuba baqinisekise ukuthi iziteshi zokulungisa zilungisile ukushiyeka okuphawulwe ekucwaningweni kwenkampani yenkampani yomoya, futhi (4) babe nokulawula okwanele ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi abahloli babhala phansi lokho okutholwe ukuhlolwa kusizindalwazi sikazwelonke futhi babuyekeze okutholwe ngabanye abahloli. Ngenxa yalokhu, i-FAA ayikwazanga ukukhomba ngempumelelo izinsiza zayo zokuhlola kulezo ziteshi zokulungisa ezihlinzeka ngenani eliphakeme kakhulu lokulungisa, okudale ukuthi ukushiyeka eziteshini zokulungisa kungabonwa noma kuphinde kwenzeke futhi kwavimbela abahloli ukuthi bathole idatha eyanele ukuze benze ukuhlola okubanzi kobungozi.”
Usihlalo we-BTC u-Kevin Mitchell ubhalele uSomlomo, “Izikhungo zezokuthutha nezokuphepha kwezwe zenze ngendlela exakile ukuze zixazulule izinkinga eziyisisekelo nezikhulayo ezihlonzwe ihhovisi Lomhloli Jikelele. Uma kubhekwa ukufika kweNgqungquthela entsha kanye nokuphatha, kanye nobuholi obusha kulezi zikhungo, yisikhathi esifanele sokuqalisa ukumiswa kwalo msebenzi kuze kube uhulumeni nemboni bangavumelana ngezinga elilodwa lokunakekela nokuvikela, kanye nendlela yokuxhasa ngezimali. ukwandiswa nokudingekile kukahulumeni. Abagibeli bezindiza kanye nomphakathi jikelele bafanelwe okufanayo.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Business Travel Coalition (BTC) today in a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-8th CA) called for support for a moratorium, to be included in the 2008-2009 national economic stimulus bill, on commercial and cargo aircraft maintenance outsourcing until such time that there is a single maintenance and security standard in place for when such activity is conducted at airlines' in-house facilities, domestic-US repair facilities, or foreign repair facilities, and until such time that the US Federal Aviation Administration has the appropriate organizational structure and required resources necessary to provide adequate oversight.
- Given the advent of a new Congress and administration, and new leadership at these agencies, it is an appropriate time to implement a moratorium on this activity until the government and industry can agree on a single maintenance and security standard, as well as how to finance expanded and necessary government oversight.
- “Specifically, we determined that FAA did not (1) have an adequate system for determining how much and where the most critical maintenance occurs, (2) have a specific policy governing when certificate management inspectors should visit repair stations performing substantial maintenance, (3) require inspectors to validate that repair stations have corrected deficiencies identified in air carrier audits, and (4) have adequate controls to ensure that inspectors document inspection findings in the national database and review related findings by other inspectors.
