Abalawuli baseMelika ngeke bavumele abashayeli bezindiza ukuthi balale ezindlini zamaphoyisa njengengxenye yokulungiswa kabusha kwemithetho yokuphumula, kusho inhloko yezokuphepha yeFederal Aviation Administration namuhla.
"Angilindele ukuthi sizobe siphakamisa" ama-naps, uPeggy Gilligan, umqondisi we-FAA, etshela ikomidi elincane leSenate lezindiza eWashington. Abashayeli bezindiza kufanele beze emsebenzini sebelungele ukundiza ngokugcwele ngaphandle kokulala, kusho yena.
Ukuphawula kuphakamisa ukuthi i-US ngeke ijoyine iCanada, iFrance ne-Australia ekuvumeleni abashayeli bezindiza ukuthi bathathe isihlwathi esifushane phakathi nezigaba ezingabalulekile zendiza. Izinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika, abashayeli bezindiza kanye nabameli bezokuphepha bagunyaze lo mkhuba njengendlela yokuvimbela abashayeli bezindiza ukuthi balale bengahlosile.
I-FAA yaqala ukubhala kabusha imithethonqubo elawula ukukhathala kwabashayeli bamabhanoyi kulo nyaka ngemva kwezingozi zezindiza, njengenye engaseBuffalo, eNew York, eyabulala abantu abangu-50, yaveza ukukhathazeka ngokuphumula. Imithetho emisha izoqedwa ngonyaka ozayo kunokuba iphele ngoDisemba 31 ngoba ithatha isikhathi eside kunalokho obekulindelwe, kusho uGilligan.
"Kwesinye isikhathi umshayeli wendiza angase azizwe ekhathele kakhulu," kusho uBill Voss, umongameli we-Flight Safety Foundation e-Alexandria, eVirginia, etshela iphaneli. “Kuphephe kakhulu ukuba nenqubo yokuvumela umshayeli wendiza okhathele ukuba alale isikhathi esinqunyiwe enolwazi olugcwele lomshayeli osebenza naye.”
Iqembu labahwebi labathwali baseMelika, okuhlanganisa i-Delta Air Lines Inc., i-American Airlines ye-AMR Corp. kanye ne-Southwest Airlines Co., lithe ucwaningo lukahulumeni lunikeza ubufakazi “obukhulu” bokuthi isihlwathi esilawulwayo sinciphisa ingozi yokukhathala.
"Kumele sisebenzise lobo bufakazi," kusho uBasil Barimo, iphini likamongameli we-Air Transport Association ezinze eWashington, etshela iphaneli.
Uhambo Lokuhambo Lobusuku Bonke
Ibhodi Likazwelonke Lokuphepha Lezokuthutha lihlola ubufakazi obungase bubhekisele ekukhathaleni kwabasebenzi base-cockpit ngaphambi kokuphahlazeka kwendiza i-Pinnacle Airlines Corp. Colgan ngo-Feb. 12 eduze kwaseBuffalo. Indiza yayisuka eNewark, eNew Jersey.
Umshayeli wendiza, uMarvin Renslow, 47, ungene ohlelweni lwekhompyutha yenkampani ngo-3:10 ekuseni ngosuku lwengozi, kwathi umshayeli wendiza uRebecca Shaw, 24, waya emsebenzini ubusuku bonke esuka eSeattle, lapho abehlala khona nabazali bakhe, ngokusho kombiko. ku-NTSB. Isikhungo sisaphenya ngale ngozi.
"Kimina kubonakala sengathi akekho kubo oke walala ebusuku," kusho uSenator Byron Dorgan, iNorth Dakota Democrat, obengusihlalo wokulalelwa kwethimba mayelana nokukhathala komshayeli wendiza namuhla.
Abashayeli bezindiza ababili be-Mesa Air Group Inc.'s Go! walala ngo-Feb. 13, 2008, ngesikhathi indiza isuka e-Honolulu iya e-Hilo, e-Hawaii, ngaphambi kokufika ngokuphepha, i-NTSB yaphetha ngo-August. Indiza ihambe amakhilomitha angu-30 yadlula lapho yayiya khona ngaphambi kokuhlehla indlela, futhi abashayeli bezindiza bebengaxhunywanga nezilawuli zethrafikhi yendiza imizuzu engu-25.
'Umzamo Wokugcina'
I-Air Line Pilots Association, enamalungu angu-53,000 inyunyana yabashayeli bezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, isekela ukulala okulawulwayo “njengomzamo wokugcina wokugoba” wokuqinisekisa ukuthi abashayeli bezindiza baphapheme ngezindiza, kusho uJohn Prater, umongameli waleli qembu.
Imithetho yamanje yenhlangano yokuphumula ikhawulela abashayeli bezindiza ukuthi bandize amahora angeqile kwayisishiyagalombili ngosuku, nakuba bengasebenza amahora angu-16, okuhlanganisa nesikhathi saphansi phakathi kwezindiza.
Ukubuyekezwa komthetho we-FAA kuzobandakanya "isilinganiso esishelelayo," ukuze abashayeli bezindiza basebenze isikhathi eside ezindizeni ezikude zamazwe ngamazwe futhi ezifushane uma besuka futhi behla kaningi ngokushintshana noma ukundiza ngobusuku obubodwa, kusho uGilligan we-FAA.
I-ejensi ayikanqumi ngehora ngalinye okuhloswe ngalo ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zezindiza, esho. I-FAA iphinde ihlole ukuthi ingabhekana kanjani nokuhamba komshayeli, noma ngabe ngokufaka izimfuneko emthethweni noma ngokunikeza isiqondiso kubathwali mayelana nezindlela ezihamba phambili, kusho uGilligan.
