Kusasa, mhla ziyisi-8 kuNdasa, izisebenzi eziyisithupha zabesifazane abavela eLufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Eurowings naseBrussels Airlines bazoqala imizuliswano yabo yasekuseni eya eBerlin ngesikhathi soSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe. Amajethi andiza asuka eFrankfurt, eMunich, eDüsseldorf, eVienna, eZurich naseBrussels ngabashayeli besifazane ababili ngalinye.
Ukuze kuthunyelwe esinye isignali ngalolu suku, i-FlyingLab endizeni i-LH440 isuka e-Frankfurt iya e-Houston ingaphansi komyalo wabasebenzi besifazane kuphela - ekhabetheni, e-cockpit futhi naphambi kwekhamera. Ingqungquthela ye-A380 endizeni ngeke igxile kuphela ezicini ezihlukahlukene zokuguqulwa kwedijithali, kodwa izophinde igqamise impumelelo yabesifazane endaweni ephethwe ubuchwepheshe. Izikhulumi eziyisithupha zizokhuluma ngobuhlakani bokwenziwa, iqiniso elibonakalayo kanye nekusasa lomsebenzi nokuhamba. I-FlyingLab ukuphela kwenkundla yokusungula evulekile emhlabeni wonke. Iqukethe inkomfa esebhodini, lapho umgibeli ngamunye angayilandela kudivayisi yakhe siqu kanye nethuba lokuhlola imikhiqizo yakamuva emisha namasevisi. Inhloso yale FlyingLab kuzoba iSouth by Southwest (SXSW) – ifestivali enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yokumaketha okusebenzisanayo, umculo nefilimu eba minyaka yonke e-Austin, eTexas.
"Sesivele sikwazile ukukhulisa isibalo sabesifazane abafake izicelo esikoleni sethu sokushayela izindiza ngokukhuluma nabafake izicelo ngendlela eqondiswe kakhudlwana nokwenza kube lula ukuhlanganisa umndeni nomsebenzi," kusho uDkt. Bettina Volkens, Ilungu Lebhodi Eliphezulu le Ezabasebenzi kanye Nezindaba Zomthetho zeDeutsche Lufthansa AG. "Amaphesenti angu-15 abashayeli bezindiza bethu abancane okwamanje ngabesifazane."
Kusukela ngo-1988, abesifazane ababili bokuqala baqala inkonzo yabo ehleliwe e-Lufthansa. Ngo-2010, kwaba khona umbukiso wokuqala wemboni yezokuthutha ngendiza yomhlaba wonke: Indiza ethwala impahla evela eLufthansa Cargo yasuka nethimba labesifazane kuphela. Abesifazane abasegumbini labasebenzi abasavamile. Cishe amaphesenti ayisithupha abashayeli bezindiza beLufthansa Group ngabesifazane futhi isabelo sabo sikhule kancane kancane kule minyaka embalwa edlule. Cishe amaphesenti angama-80 ezisebenzi zasendlini ngabesifazane. Ngenani elikhulayo labashayeli bezindiza besifazane, i-Lufthansa ibe negama elithi “Kapitänin” (“Kapteni”) eligunyazwe ngokukhethekile yi-Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache.
Ngaphandle kwendawo yokulala, iLufthansa Group iphinde ihlose ukukhulisa isibalo sabesifazane abasezikhundleni zokuphatha. Lokhu okwamanje kungamaphesenti angu-15. Ngo-2021, ingxenye yabaphathi besifazane ezingeni lokuqala lokuphatha izokhushulwa ibe ngamaphesenti ayi-18 futhi ezingeni lesibili lokuphatha ibe ngamaphesenti angama-24. "Ukuze sihlangabezane nalezi zinhloso, silungiselela abaphathi bethu besifazane abahamba phambili emisebenzini yabo yesikhathi esizayo ngohlelo lwethu lonyaka owodwa," kusho uVolkens. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kubalulekile kimina ukunciphisa ukuchema lapho ngivala izikhala. Ividiyo ehlelwe ngokukhethekile isekela abaphathi bethu abaqashayo ekukhetheni izisebenzi ezifanele umsebenzi ofanele.
