Isikhulu Esiphezulu seBoeing Dennis Muilenburg kumele axoshwe. Isizathu sichazwe ku-imeyili Kevin Mitchell, Usihlalo we Ukubumbana Kwebhizinisi
Eyasungulwa ngonyaka we-1994, inhloso ye-BTC ukuhumusha izinqubomgomo nezinkambiso zikahulumeni nokuhlinzeka ngeplatifomu ukuze umphakathi wokuhamba ophethwe ube nomthelela ezindabeni ezibaluleke kakhulu ezinhlanganweni zabo.
Kevin UMitchell namuhla unxuse uMnu. UDavid Calhoun, Usihlalo weBhodi yaseBoeing ukuxosha umphathi wabo uDennis Muilenburg.
I-imeyili ifundeka kanje:
Mnumzane Calhoun othandekayo,
Ngibhala ngikunxusa ukuthi ucabangele ukufaka esikhundleni seChief Executive Officer yakho uDennis Muilenburg kanye nethimba lakhe lobuholi. Imiyalezo evezwe ngesonto eledlule, ngokusobala, ngemuva kwezinyanga ezandleni zikaMnu. Muilenburg, ibakhathaza kakhulu bobabili ngoba bebefihliwe kwiFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) naseCongress nangenxa yokuqukethwe okulimazayo abakuqukethe.
Ukuthola ukwethenjwa ngumphakathi ondizayo kwaba nzima kakhulu kuma-oda; kodwa-ke, lokho kumane kuyiphuzu leqhwa maqondana nenkinga manje iBoeing ebhekene nayo.
Ukuze usebenzise isibonelo esizinze eDallas iAmerican Airlines njengesibonelo, ngokusho kwenkampani yezindiza, cishe amaphesenti angama-87 amakhasimende ayo ahamba okungenani kanye ngonyaka. Amanye amaphesenti ayi-13 ikakhulukazi abahambi abahamba phambili abanenani eliphakeme abafakwa izinkampani, izinhlangano zikahulumeni, emazingeni ombuso nawombuso, nasemanyuvesi. Lezi zinhlangano ziboshwe izinqubomgomo zeDuty of Care ezithi ngokokuziphatha, ngokuziphatha, futhi ezimweni eziningi, zivimbela ngokusemthethweni abaphathi ekufakeni izihambi engozini ngendlela eyingozi.
Izinqubomgomo zeDuty of Care bezivele zizoba yinkinga ku-Boeing njengoba abanye abalawuli bangaphandle kungenzeka ukuthi baqhubeka nokukhathazeka ngokuphepha ngemuva kokugunyazwa kokubuyiselwa emsebenzini kwe-FAA futhi, kanjalo, belibazisa noma benqabe ukuvunyelwa kwabo. Ngokunjalo, akungabazeki ukuthi kuzoba nochwepheshe bezokuphepha kwezindiza abahlonishwayo abafaka ukungabaza ngenqubo yokubuyekeza nokulungiswa kwe-MAX. Kuzothatha kuphela ingxenye yalabo bahambi abahamba njalo, izinhlangano zabo ezivimbela ukuthengwa kwamathikithi angama-737 MAX 8 isikhathi esithile, ukukhiqiza umthelela ongezansi olimazayo kumakhasimende akho izinkampani zezindiza kanye nesidingo esiphansi se-MAX. Ukufihla leyo miqhafazo kulimaze kakhulu isithunzi sikaBoeing.
Ngemuva kokuphahlazeka kwe-Ethiopian Airlines, isikhulu esiphezulu seBoeing, ngemuva kokufunda ezinye zezinto ezingikhathazayo, sangishayela ucingo sizongitshela ukuthi "ngidlalwe" ngabashayeli bezindiza, ukuthi konke ukukhathazeka nge-MCAS bekunganembile kakhulu futhi kuphephukile ngokulingana nokuthi i-MCAS bekufanele ngabe kugodliwe kumanyuwali yokushayela indiza kanye nezinto zokuqeqesha. Imininingwane eminingi kakhulu iyadida kubashayeli bezindiza. Kulelo kholi, umphathi weBoeing wasusa ama-hubris ezinkampani ngokweqile.
IBoeing inezinkinga ezimbili zembangela okufanele zibhekwe njengezisemqoka kakhulu kwezinto eziseqhulwini. Okokuqala ukukhukhumala kwezinkampani okukhonjiswa ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi kubonakala ekubanjweni kwemiyalezo ebhaliwe, okungenzeka ukuthi yaguqulwa kuphela ngoba kungenzeka yadalulwa kumakomidi e-DRM ngaphambi kobufakazi obuhlelwe nguMnu Muilenburg kamuva kule nyanga.
Inkinga yesibili ukukhishwa kwesiko lokuphepha lenkampani eyake yaba nkulu ukufaka ingcindezi yokuphatha konjiniyela nabahloli bezindiza zokuhlola, ukuphindisela, nokwesaba ukuphindiselwa, kubasebenzi nokugodla imininingwane ebalulekile ye-MCAS kubashayeli bezindiza, i-FAA neCongress. Ukuhlanganisa ama-hubris ezinkampani kanye namasiko okuphepha abhujisiwe kuyingozi futhi kuveza izingqinamba ezizayo.
NgoJanuwari 2017, uBoeing waqamba amanga lapho umshayeli omkhulu wezobuchwepheshe we-MAX etshela i-FAA ukuthi i-MCAS isebenza "ngaphandle kwemvilophu yokusebenza ejwayelekile," lapho yazi ngokuhlukile. Lokho kumshayeli wendiza; kodwa-ke, kubuye futhi kuMnu Muilenburg ekugcineni obhekele zonke izici zesiko leBoeing.
UMnu Muilenburg kungenzeka ukuthi wayazi ngo-2016 ngenkinga yokuziphatha ye-MCAS etholwe kwisimulator futhi akenzanga lutho, noma wayengazi. Muva nje, uMnu Muilenburg wayeyazi imiyalezo yeBoeing ekhishwe yiCongress, futhi wayifihla ngenhloso ku-FAA naseCongress, noma wayengazi ngayo. Kunoma ikuphi, kuzo zombili izimo, kunenkinga yokubusa.
Ngilushayela ihlombe ushintsho enilusebenzisayo kanye namanye amalungu ebhodi ye-Boeing kufaka phakathi ikomidi eliphepha lezokuphepha emkhathini. Kodwa-ke, lokho kumane kuklwebha indawo yokuphendula. Kufanele kube nokuziphendulela ngokufa okungagwemeka kwabantu abangama-346. IMuilenburg idinga ukushintshwa.
Akunandaba nezinguquko esakhiweni senhlangano, uma ukucushwa okusha kuhlala ngaphezulu kwesiko elidala elonakele, iBoeing izoqhubeka nokuthola imiphumela efanayo emibi.
Ngiyethemba ukuthi uzosithola isibindi sokwenza okulungile ngezisulu zokuphahlazeka nalabo obathandayo, namakhasimende akho, abasebenzi kanye nabaninimasheya.
Ozithobayo,
UKevin Mitchell
Chairman
Ukubumbana Kwebhizinisi
Izindaba eziningi ezisathuthuka ku-Boeing Chofoza lapha
