I-CHICAGO, IL - Abamele i-United Master Executive Council ye-Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) kanye ne-Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA), emele abashayeli bezindiza be-Aer Lingus Airlines, namuhla basayine isivumelwano somthetho esizoletha la maqembu amabili ndawonye ukuze avikele izintshisekelo zabashayeli bezindiza kuzo zombili izindiza ngenxa yobudlelwane obusanda kumenyezelwa phakathi kwe-United ne-Aer Lingus.
Ngenyanga edlule, lezi zinkampani ezimbili zezindiza zamemezela ukubambisana okuzovumela zombili izindiza ukuthi zithengise izihlalo emzileni waseWashington, DC ukuya eMadrid, zisebenzisa indiza ye-Aer Lingus engahambi abashayeli bezindiza base-United noma i-Aer Lingus. Izindiza, ezisebenza ngaphansi kwesitifiketi samanje se-Aer Lingus, zihlelelwe ukuqala ngoNdasa wezi-2010.
"Kubalulekile ukuthi sisebenzisane nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic ukuvimbela izici ezimelene nabasebenzi zalesi sivumelwano ukuthi zibe nomthelela kubashayeli bezindiza bezindiza zethu ezimbili," kusho uCaptain Steve Wallach, usihlalo we-MEC ye-United. “Lokhu kubambisana phakathi kwe-United ne-Aer Lingus kuzobeka isibonelo esiyingozi mayelana nokuhamba ngezindiza kwamanye amazwe lapho abashayeli bezindiza ezinhlangothini zombili ze-Atlantic bezokhokha inani eliphansi. Sizobheka zonke izindlela zokulawula, umthetho, nezomthetho ukuze sivikele amalungelo nemisebenzi yamalungu ethu.”
"Sijabule kakhulu ukuthi singene kulesi sivumelwano sephrothokholi nabashayeli bezindiza be-United, futhi sizosebenzisana nabo ukuze sibhekane nezinselelo lolu budlelwano obunazo emaqenjini ethu omabili," kusho uCaptain Evan Cullen, umongameli we-IALPA. "Sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana nozakwethu be-United ukuhlola zonke izindlela zokuqeda ukudelela okusobala kwenkampani yethu kanye nokuntuleka kokwethembeka kubashayeli bayo bezindiza, kanye nobunikazi bayo bezinkampani."
