WASHINGTON - I-US Federal Aviation Administration, izama ukunyakazisa ukugxekwa ngokuthi isisondele kakhulu embonini eyilawulayo, izowuyeka umkhuba wayo wokubiza izinkampani zezindiza amakhasimende ayo futhi izoqinisa izindlela zokuphepha.
"Uma sithi ikhasimende, sisho umphakathi ondizayo," kusho u-Administrator we-FAA u-Randy Babbitt lapho ememezela izinguquko zenqubomgomo okuhloswe ngazo ukuqinisa ukubhekwa kwezokuphepha kanye nokuhlenga izindlela zokubika izinkinga kanye nabanye ukuze babike izinkinga ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuphindiselwa noma enye ingcindezi yokuthi bathule. Amanye amalungu eCongress, abaqaphi bezokuphepha, kanye nama-whistleblower kudala bekhala ngesiko elijikelezayo elikhuthaza ukukhululeka phakathi kwe-FAA nezindiza ezinkulu zase-US. Udaba lwaqubuka obala ngonyaka odlule lapho icala lokubikelwa mayelana nesondlo liphelelwa yisikhathi eSouthwest Airlines Co liholela ophenyweni lwekhongolose nokugxekwa kanzima kokwengamela kwe-FAA. Le nhlangano ihlawulise iNingizimu-ntshonalanga amaRandi ayizigidi eziyishumi ngezindiza ezindizayo eziphuthelwe ukuhlolwa okudingekayo kokuphepha kodwa kamuva yehlisa inhlawulo ngamaphesenti angama-10.
U-Babbitt uthe i-FAA izokwakha ihhovisi elizosingatha izikhalo zokuphepha ezivela kubabizi kanye nomphakathi. Iphinde ithuthukise izinqubo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zithobelana ngokugcwele namakhulukhulu eziqondiso ze-FAA ezikhishwa minyaka yonke, ikakhulukazi ezindabeni ezidinga ukugcinwa kwamarekhodi okunembayo kanye nempendulo yokulungiswa.
UBabbitt uthe akaboni izimpawu zokuthi i-FAA isondelene kakhulu nezinkampani zezindiza kodwa waphawula ukuthi le nhlangano inobudlelwano obuhle bokusebenzisana nemboni, athe ihlomulisa ukuphepha. "Sivame ukuphendukela kulaba bantu (izinkampani zezindiza) ukuze sithole izixazululo," kusho uBabbitt, owayengumshayeli wendiza yezindiza. “Ngenxa yokuthi wazi amagama abo okuqala akusho ukuthi ukhululekile.” Nakuba kube nengozi ephawulekayo yendiza kanye nokushayisana okubulalayo phakathi kwendiza enophephela emhlane nendiza encane kulo nyaka, imboni esebenzisa izindiza zezentengiselwano ezingaphezu kuka-30,000 ngosuku futhi endizisa abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-600 ngonyaka iphephile, kusho u-Babbitt.
U-Babbitt uthe izinkampani zezindiza ziyayazi imithetho futhi wathembisa ukuthi i-FAA ngeke ingabaze ukuqeda abephula umthetho kanye nezindiza eziphansi uma kunesidingo.
