WASHINGTON – Unobhala wezokuThutha e-United States ufuna kuphenywe ngoLwesibili mayelana nokubambezeleka komgwaqo amahora ayisikhombisa esikhumulweni sezindiza okuthukuthelise abasekeli bomthetho okuhloswe ngawo ukuphoqa izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zithuthukise ukusebenza kwamakhasimende.
"Nakuba singakabi nawo wonke amaqiniso, lesi sigameko esibikiwe siyakhathaza kakhulu," kusho uNobhala wezokuThutha uRay LaHood esitatimendeni.
Ucele umhloli-jikelele womnyango ukuthi abheke isigameko sango-Agasti 8 esibandakanya i-ExpressJet Holdings Inc, inkampani ephakela i-Continental Airlines Inc lapho abagibeli bebevaleleke endiza yesifunda i-ExpressJet Airlines cishe amahora ayisikhombisa ubusuku bonke.
Indiza engu-2816 isuka eHouston iya eMinneapolis inabagibeli abangu-47 iphambukiselwe eRochester, Minnesota, ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi.
ULaHood uthe ufuna ukwazi ukuthi noma iyiphi inkampani "yephule noma yimiphi imithetho" ekubambezelekeni.
"Siyaphenya ngalesi sigameko futhi sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abagibeli abehlelwa yilezi zimo esikhathini esizayo," kusho uLaHood.
UJulie King, okhulumela i-Continental, uthe inkampani ethwala impahla isebenza nezikhulu zoMnyango wezokuThutha "ukuze baphendule ngokushesha embuzweni wabo." Izikhulu ze-ExpressJet azitholakalanga ngokushesha. Zombili izinkampani zitholakala eHouston.
Abalawuli bacubungula umthetho wokubhekana nokulibaziseka lapho abagibeli kudingeka ukuthi bahlale ezindizeni ezibambe phansi isikhathi eside.
Umthetho odlula kuCongress, udalwe yizigameko ezifanayo kwezinye izindiza ngo-2007, uzodinga ukuthi abathwali badedele abantu ezindizeni ezimile ngemuva kwamahora amathathu.
Amasheya e-ExpressJet aqede isenti kuya ku-$1.50 ngoLwesibili ekuhwebeni kweNew York, kanti amasheya e-Continental ehle ngamaphesenti angu-1.4 aya ku-$11.92.
USenator Amy Klobuchar, oyilungu leKomidi Lezohwebo laseMinnesota, uphokophelele ukuthi kuphenywe futhi wafunga ukuthi uzophothula umthetho “wamalungelo abagibeli” lapho iCongress ibuya ngoSepthemba.
"Kuningi okudingeka kwenziwe ukuze kusungulwe izinqubo ezicacile zokuphathwa kahle kwabagibeli ngesikhathi sokubambezeleka kwendiza okwandisiwe," kusho uKlobuchar encwadini ayibhalela abaphathi be-Continental ne-ExpressJet.
