Ukunquma ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zesifunda ziyahlangabezana yini nezindinganiso zokuphepha ezifanayo njengezinkampani ezinkulu "kubalulekile" njengoba abaphenyi bephenya ngengozi yendiza ye-Pinnacle Airlines Corp. eyabulala abantu abangu-50, kusho ilungu lebhodi lezokuphepha laseMelika.
Ilungu leNational Transportation Safety Board u-Kitty Higgins ubuze umholi wenyunyana yabashayeli bamabhanoyi namuhla ukuthi ingabe kunomehluko emaholweni, ekuqeqesheni, ekuhlelweni kwabasebenzi kanye nezinqubomgomo zokuhamba phakathi kwalezi zinhlobo ezimbili zabathwali. I-NTSB iqede izinsuku ezintathu zokulalelwa kwecala eWashington ngale ngozi.
Ibhodi lihlola ukuqashwa nokuqeqeshwa ophikweni lwe-Pinnacle's Colgan kanye nokwenzeka kwephutha lomshayeli nokukhathala engozini yangoFebhuwari eduze kwase-Buffalo, eNew York. Inkampani yenethiwekhi yesifunda ibindizela i-Continental Airlines Inc.
"Lena yinkinga enkulu kule ngozi," kusho uHiggins. “Ingabe sinezinga elilodwa lokuphepha?”
URory Kay, usihlalo wezokuphepha emoyeni we-Air Line Pilots Association, uphendule wathi, “Cha.”
USenator Byron Dorgan, i-North Dakota Democrat kanye nosihlalo wekomidi elincane leSenethi lezindiza, uthe uzobamba uchungechunge lwezingxoxo mayelana nokuphepha emoyeni ukuphendula "ulwazi olumangalisayo noluthusa kakhulu" oluvela ngezikhathi ze-NTSB.
Indiza i-Bombardier Inc. Dash 8 Q400 yaphahlazeka ngo-Feb. 12 eClarence Center, eNew York. Abashonile bahlanganisa umuntu oyedwa owayephansi kanye nabo bonke abantu abangu-49 ababegibele indiza. I-NTSB ngeke ikhiphe iziphetho zayo izinyanga ezimbalwa.
Umshayeli wendiza, uMarvin Renslow, akazange akudalule ukuthi wafeyila izivivinyo ezimbili zokundiza ezindizeni ezincane ngesikhathi efaka isicelo kuColgan ngo-2005, ngokusho kukaPinnacle. Kungenzeka ukuthi wayekhathele ngosuku lwengozi, njengoba engena ohlelweni lwekhompyutha yenkampani ngo-3:10 ekuseni, ngokusho kwe-NTSB.
Uhambo Olude Lwebanga lokuya emsebenzini
Abashayeli bezindiza zezifunda baphakathi kwabahola kancane embonini, futhi ilungu le-NTSB u-Debbie Hersman ubuze namuhla ukuthi amaholo abo angase abaphoqe yini ukuthi bahambe amabanga amade beya emisebenzini yabo, okwandisa ingozi abafika ngayo emsebenzini bekhathele.
U-Rebecca Shaw, umshayeli wendiza yase-Colgan, wahamba esuka e-Seattle, lapho ayehlala khona nabazali bakhe, ngenxa yomsebenzi eNewark, eNew Jersey, ngosuku lwengozi. Undize ubusuku bonke ngezindiza ze-FedEx Corp. ukuze afike ngaphambi kuka-6:30 ekuseni, ngokusho kwe-NTSB. Imiyalezo yakhe yombhalo nemisebenzi yakhe emini ikhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi akazange abe nesikhathi esiningi sokulala, ubufakazi be-NTSB bukhombisa.
UShaw, 24, ubehola u-$23,900 ngonyaka, kusho okhulumela iPinnacle uJoe Williams e-mail izolo. Isilinganiso sikakaputeni ohlotsheni lwendiza ebandakanyeke engozini singama-$67,000, esho.
Umsebenzi Wesitolo Sekhofi
Ngaphambilini ngesikhathi sikaShaw eseColgan, ubesebenza “kafushane” izinsuku ezimbalwa ngesonto esitolo sekhofi njengomsebenzi wesibili lapho engandizi, ngokusho kwe-NTSB.
Abashayeli bezindiza ezinkampanini zezindiza zesifunda bakhokhelwa imali encane kunozakwabo ezithwalini ezinkulu ngokwengxenye ngoba ngokuvamile banesevisi yeminyaka embalwa futhi bandize izindiza ezincane.
Isikhulu sokuqala esinesipiliyoni seminyaka emihlanu senza isilinganiso esingu-$84,300 ngonyaka enkampanini yezindiza enkulu njenge-Continental noma i-Delta Air Lines Inc., kuyilapho isikhulu sokuqala e-Pinnacle esineminyaka efanayo yenkonzo senza u-$32,100, ngokusho kwe-AIR Inc. , inkampani ezinze e-Atlanta elandelela inkokhelo yomshayeli.
UHersman uthe i-e-mail ayithole kumshayeli wendiza ophikweni lwe-Delta's Comair ikhala ngokuthi amalungu angu-301 asebenza e-cockpit athuthelwa eNew York esuka eCincinnati.
Ngenkathi amanani asekhaya ebiza cishe u-$131,000 eCincinnati, abiza cishe u-$437,000 endaweni yaseNew York, kusho yena. “Kuyacaca ukuthi kuzonyuka izindleko zabantu ngabanye.”
Ukuthenga Amathikithi
Abathengi bavamise ukuthenga amathikithi enkampani enkulu yenethiwekhi ukuze babone ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bandiza endizeni yesifunda, kusho u-Higgins.
“Awulithengi ithikithi e-Colgan, uthenga ithikithi e-Continental,” kusho yena.
USenator Dorgan uthe izigcawu azihlelayo zizobheka ukuphepha kwezindiza "ikakhulukazi njengoba kuhlobene nezindiza zabagibeli kodwa hhayi kuphela."
Utshele izintatheli namuhla esithangamini sabezindaba ukuthi ufuna ukuhlola ukuthi ngabe izimo eziholele enhlekeleleni ngaseBuffalo bekuyiphutha noma ingxenye yephethini enkulu embonini yezindiza zesifunda.
“Impela ngikhathazekile ngokuthi ingasebenza ngokujwayelekile,” kusho yena. "Akuyona inhloso yami ukubangela i-alamu."
Ingozi yaseColgan akuyona eyokuqala eyenziwa yinkampani yesifunda ibhodi elike layihlola eminyakeni yakamuva.
Abashayeli bezindiza be-Comair basebenzise umzila wezindiza ongalungile endizeni eyabulala abantu abangu-49 eKentucky ngo-2006 ngoba behluleka ukusebenzisa izibani, izimpawu nezinye izinsiza ukuhlonza indawo yabo, i-NTSB yanquma.
Indiza yeCorporate Airlines yaphahlazeka ngo-2004, kwashona abantu abangu-13, eKirksville, eMissouri, ngenxa yokuthi abashayeli bezindiza bengayilandelanga imigudu futhi bayindizela phansi kakhulu ezihlahleni, ngokusho kwe-NTSB.
Ukuxhumanisa Amachashazi
USihlalo Osabambile we-NTSB u-Mark Rosenker utshele izintatheli ukuthi "Asikwazanga ukuxhuma lawo machashazi" ukuze sithole ukuthi abathwali besifunda abaphephile kangako kunezinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu. Ezimbili zezingozi zakamuva zezindiza ibhodi eliziphenyayo zibandakanya izinkampani ezinkulu zezindiza - indiza ye-Continental ngoDisemba esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Denver kanye nendiza ye-US Airways Group Inc. eyawela e-Hudson River eNew York ngoJanuwari.
U-Les Dorr, okhulumela iFederal Aviation Administration, engxoxweni wathi abathwali bezifunda kanye nezindiza ezinkulu kumele bahlangabezane nezindinganiso zokuphepha ezifanayo.
UColgan uthe izolo uhlinzeka ngokuphindwe kabili isikhathi sokuqeqeshwa kwezisebenzi ze-FAA ezidingekayo zohlobo lwendiza engozini yangoFebhuwari.
"Izinhlelo zethu zokuqeqesha abasebenzi ziyahlangabezana noma zidlule izimfuneko zokulawula kuzo zonke izindiza ezinkulu," kusho uColgan esitatimendeni.
'Ukuhlukaniswa Ngokungafanele'
Imboni yezindiza zesifunda "iqokwa ngokungafanele," kusho uRoger Cohen weRegional Airline Association, iqembu lezimboni, engxoxweni.
"Kusobala ukuthi sibheka izifundo esizitholile kulokhu," kusho uCohen mayelana nengozi yaseColgan. “Ngisho nangaphambi kwale ngozi besigxile kuzo zonke izinkinga ezike zakhulunywa lapha ngesikhathi sophenyo lweNTSB. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi izindiza ezingamalungu ethu zisebenza ngaphansi kwemithetho efanayo ncamashi” njengezinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinkulu.
