WASHINGTON - Inhloko yeFederal Aviation Administration ithe ngoLwesithathu kuyadingeka imithetho eqinile kahulumeni kanye nokuqina kwemboni yamaphoyisa ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha kwezindiza zabagibeli.
Efakaza phambi kwekomidi elincane leSenate Commerce aviation, isikhulu se-FAA u-Randy Babbitt wendlala uchungechunge lwezinyathelo zokuqinisekisa izinga elilodwa lokuphepha phakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu nabalingani bazo abagibela abagibeli. Lezo zinkampani zenethiwekhi ngokuvamile zindizela izindiza ezincane ezinikeza izimakethe ezincane, noma zithutha abagibeli ziye noma zibuye ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezinkulu ezizungeze i-US
Kodwa njengoba amathikithi nendiza ngokuvamile kunegama nophawu lwenkampani yenkampani enkulu, ingabe “abagibeli bangalindela ukuthi ikhono elifanayo” nokwahlulela komshayeli “kuleyo gumbi labasebenzi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi indiza ingakanani?” kubuza uSenandi weDemocratic Alliance u-Byron Dorgan waseNyakatho Dakota, usihlalo wephaneli.
Ukukhathazeka komkhandlu kanye nomphakathi mayelana nokuphepha kwendiza yabagibeli kukhulile kusukela ngengozi yango-Feb. 12 yendiza ye-Colgan Air Inc. ngaphandle kwase-Buffalo. Indiza ngaphansi kwenkontileka yokusebenzela i-Continental Airlines Inc., i-Bombardier Q400 turboprop iphahlaze indlu esondela esikhumulweni sezindiza, kwashona abantu abangu-50.
Ngaphandle kwesethi eyodwa yemithetho yenhlangano esungula ubuncane bokuphepha, lokho kuphahlazeka kugqamise ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza ezincane ezithwala abantu ngokuvamile zisebenza kanjani ngaphansi kwesethi yamazinga ahlukile kunezinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinkulu, ezivame ukweqa izimfuneko eziyisisekelo zokuphepha zenhlangano ezindaweni eziningi. UCalvin Scovel III, umhloli-jikelele woMnyango WezokuThutha, lapho ebuzwa esigcawini ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zaseMelika ziyabambelela yini ezingeni elilodwa lokuphepha, utshele abezomthetho: “Lokho akulona iqiniso ngokuphelele.”
Emazwaneni okuqala kaMnu. Babbitt anemininingwane ngesihloko sokwengamela abagibeli kusukela ethathe izintambo njengomlawuli we-FAA emasontweni amathathu edlule, wazibophezela ukuthi uzozama ukusungula imithetho emisha yokuqeqesha kanye neyokuhlela umshayeli okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa ukuvikela kubaqhubi besifunda. Kodwa ubuye wagcizelela ukuthi umthwalo omningi wentuthuko ulele kubashayeli bezindiza ngokwabo.
Kubhekwana nodaba oluyindida lwabashayeli bamabhanoyi okungenzeka ukuthi bakhathele kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi banohambo olude lwezindiza ngaphambi kokuqala umsebenzi, isikhulu se-FAA sibacele ukuthi babonakale bephumule kahle. Kwaphela amashumi eminyaka, etshela ithimba, “sasithembele, mhlawumbe ngeshwa, ekuqeqesheni abashayeli bezindiza” kulokhu.
Ebhekisela esigcawini sakamuva seNational Transportation Safety Board mayelana nengozi yaseColgan, eveze ukuthi bobabili abashayeli bezindiza kungenzeka ukuthi bebengalali ngemuva kokuhamba isikhathi eside, uMnu. ”
UMnu. Babbitt uphinde wacela abathwali abakhulu ukuthi bakhuthaze "ubudlelwano bokweluleka" obusebenza kangcono nabalingani abancane babagibeli. “Sizophakamisa ukuthi ochwepheshe bezokuphepha abangomakadebona” abavela ezinkampanini ezinkulu zenethiwekhi “bafundise abanye balaba bashayeli bezindiza abancane” imizila yabagibeli endizayo, kusho isikhulu se-FAA.
Ekugxekeni kwakhe okugqame kakhulu kwemithetho ekhona yesikhathi sendiza yenhlangano, uMnu. Babbitt uthe i-FAA isungula amahora amaningi okundiza nsuku zonke, masonto onke nanyanga zonke afana nabo bonke abashayeli bezindiza - kungakhathalekile ukuthi bandiza uhambo olulodwa lwansuku zonke lokunqamula izwekazi kude ngaphezu kwamafu. noma uhlale ngemuva kwezilawuli zama-puddle-jumpers angase asuke futhi ahlale izikhathi eziyisithupha noma ngaphezulu ngosuku esimweni sezulu esibi futhi ungabonakali kahle.
UMnu. Babbitt ubonise ukuthi i-ejensi izocabangela ukubhala imithetho yokuhlela ehlukene yezinhlobo ezahlukene zendiza. Ngokuthembela ocwaningweni lwakamuva lwezimo ezengeza ekukhathaleni komshayeli wendiza, uMnu. Babbitt uthe “sidinga ukubhekana … iyiphi indlela efanele yokwenza lokhu.”
USen. Dorgan unxuse le nhlangano ukuthi “ilusukumele lolu daba, kunokuluziba.”
