WASHINGTON — Uhulumeni ukhokhisa izinhlawulo ngokokuqala ngqa ezinkampanini zezindiza zabagibeli abavaleleke esikhumulweni sezindiza, kusho uMnyango wezokuThutha ngoLwesibili.
Umnyango uthe usukhokhise inhlawulo engu-$175,000 yezinkampani ezintathu zezindiza ngeqhaza lazo ekuboshweni kwabagibeli ngobusuku endizeni eRochester, eMnn., ngo-Aug. 8.
I-Continental Express Flight 2816 yayisendleleni isuka eHouston ilibangise eMinneapolis ithwele abagibeli abangu-47 ngesikhathi ukuduma kwezulu kuyiphoqa ukuba iphambukele e-Rochester, lapho yehla khona cishe ngo-12:30 ekuseni Isikhumulo sezindiza sasivaliwe kanti izisebenzi zeMesaba Airlines - okwakuwukuphela kwezisebenzi zendiza esikhumulweni sezindiza ngaleso sikhathi. - wenqabile ukuvulela abagibeli abavaleleke isikhungo.
I-Continental Airlines kanye nozakwethu wendiza yesifunda i-ExpressJet, ebiphethe indiza yase-Continental, bahlawuliswe u-$50,000 ngamunye. Okhulumela i-ExpressJet uKristy Nicholas uthe inkampani yezindiza ingagwema ukukhokha ingxenye yenhlawulo uma isebenzisa inani elifanayo lemali ekuqeqesheni okwengeziwe kwabasebenzi bayo ngendlela yokusingatha ukubambezeleka kwetiyela okwandisiwe.
Umnyango wakhipha inhlawulo enkulu kunazo zonke - $75,000 - kuMesaba Airlines, inkampani engaphansi kweNorthwest Airlines, eyatholwa yiDelta Air Lines ngonyaka odlule.
"Ngiyethemba ukuthi lokhu kuthumela isignali kuyo yonke imboni yezindiza ukuthi silindele ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zihloniphe amalungelo abantu abahamba ngezindiza," kusho uNobhala wezokuThutha uRay LaHood esitatimendeni. “Sizosebenzisa esikufundile kulolu phenyo ukuqinisa ukuvikela abagibeli bezindiza ababambezeleke isikhathi eside ngetiyela.”
Abagibeli be-Flight 2816 bagcinwe belindile cishe amahora ayisithupha ngaphakathi endizeni yesifunda empintshane phakathi kwezingane ezikhalayo kanye nendlu yangasese enukayo nakuba bekuqhele ngamayadi angu-50 kuphela ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza. Ukaputeni wendiza uncenge kaningi ukuthi abagibeli bahlehlise futhi bangene esikhumulweni.
Ekuseni bavunyelwe ukwehla. Bachithe cishe amahora amabili nesigamu ngaphakathi kwetheminali ngaphambi kokugibela kabusha indiza efanayo ukuze baqedele uhambo lwabo oluya eMinneapolis.
UPassenger Link Christin usincomile isenzo somnyango.
“Isiphetho sokuthi kube nobubi obuthile noma ubudedengu sibaluleke kakhulu kimi kunenani lenhlawulo,” kusho uChristin, umfundisi eWilliam Mitchell College of Law eSt. Paul, eMnn.
Izinhlawulo azithumeli umlayezo ezinkampanini zezindiza kuphela, kodwa nasemphakathini wamabhizinisi ngobubanzi "ukuthi kunosherifu omusha edolobheni futhi kungcono baphathe amakhasimende abo ngendlela enengqondo nangokuzibophezela," kusho uDan Petree, umphathi wesikole samabhizinisi e-Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. e-Daytona Beach, Fla.
UJohn Spanjers, umongameli weMesaba, uthe inkampani yezindiza "iyaqhubeka nokuzwa ukuthi isebenza ngokwethembeka."
“Kodwa-ke, isevisi yamakhasimende ibalulekile, futhi sibuyekeza kabusha izinqubomgomo nezinqubo zethu zokuphatha izindiza zezinye izinkampani zezindiza ukuze senze ingxenye yethu ukunciphisa lolu hlobo lokubambezeleka,” kusho u-Spanjers.
I-Continental iphawule ngokusobala esitatimendeni ukuthi izinhlawulo zayo zingaphansi kwalezo ezibekwe enkampanini eyizimbangi ye-Delta.
Ngaphandle kwenhlawulo, i-Continental iphinde yabuyisela imali egcwele kumgibeli ngamunye futhi "yanikeza umgibeli ngamunye isinxephezelo esengeziwe ukuze ibone isikhathi sabo nokuphatheka kabi," kusho umnyango.
Isenzo somnyango siza njengoba uKhongolose ucubungula umthetho wamalungelo abagibeli ozobeka ikhefu lamahora amathathu ngokuthi izinkampani zezindiza zingagcina abagibeli belindile etiyeleni ngaphambi kokuba babanike ithuba lokuhlehla noma babuyele esangweni. Isilinganiso sizonikeza ukapteni wendiza igunya lokwelula ukulinda isigamu sehora esengeziwe uma kubonakala sengathi imvume yokusuka isiseduze.
Lesi sinyathelo siphikiswa yi-Air Transport Association, emele izinkampani ezinkulu zezindiza. Izikhulu zemboni zithi umkhawulo wamahora amathathu ungadala izinkinga eziningi kunalokho okunciphisayo ngokwandisa isibalo sezindiza ezikhanseliwe futhi kushiye abagibeli bebhajwe ezikhumulweni zezindiza bezama ukwenza izinhlelo ezintsha zokuhamba.
USena Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., kanye no-Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ababambisene bababhali bomthethosivivinywa wamalungelo abagibeli, esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe bathe sibajabulisile isenzo somnyango, kodwa umthetho usadingeka ukuba ufakwe. ukubeka izindinganiso zokuphathwa kwezinkampani zezindiza kumakhasimende azo futhi zenze izinkampani zezindiza ziphendule ngokuhlangabezana nalezo zindinganiso. Ngaphandle komkhawulo wamahora amathathu, umthethosivivinywa uzodinga ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zihlinzeke ngokudla, amanzi aphuzwayo, izinga lokushisa elinethezekile lekhabethe kanye nomoya omncane, nezindlu zangasese ezanele kubagibeli ngesikhathi sokubambezeleka okwandisiwe.
U-Kevin Mitchell, usihlalo weBusiness Travel Coalition, okuyiqembu labathengi elimele abahambi bebhizinisi, uthe unethemba lokuthi izinhlawulo zizoba yimbangela yokuphoqa imboni yezindiza ukuthi ibhekane nokukhathazeka mayelana nokuphathwa kwabagibeli ngesikhathi sokubambezeleka kwetiyela okwandisiwe ngemuva kweminyaka yokunxenxa amawadi. ngaphandle komthetho.
