Uhulumeni wase-US OKs Delta, ukuhlanganiswa kweNyakatho-ntshonalanga

Ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kweDelta Air Lines Inc. kanye neNorthwest Airlines Corp. kususe esinye isithiyo sikahulumeni ngoMsombuluko. I-United States Federal Aviation Administration yamukele izinhlelo ze-Delta ezinze e-Atlanta kanye ne-Eagan, e-Minn.-based Northwest yesitifiketi sokusebenza esisodwa senkampani yenethiwekhi ehlanganisiwe, izindiza zamemezela ekukhishweni kwezindaba.

Izinhlelo ezilethwe abathwali ziveza lokho izindiza ezizokwenza ezinyangeni ezizayo eziyi-15 kuya kweziyi-18 ukuhlanganisa imisebenzi yazo yansuku zonke futhi zithole isitifiketi esisodwa sokusebenza, kusho abathwali. Lesi sitifiketi sizovumela izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zihlanganise ukusebenza ngemuva kokuvalwa kokuhlanganisa okuhlongozwayo, izikhulu zeDelta ezithe kungase kuphothulwe ekupheleni konyaka.

"Lesi yingqopha-mlando emizamweni yethu yokuhlanganisa izindiza zethu ezimbili," kusho uJohn Laughter, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-Delta wezokulungisa, enkulumweni yezindaba.

I-Delta yamemezela ngo-Ephreli ukuthi izohlangana neNyakatho-ntshonalanga esivumelwaneni se-stock-stock esingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-17.7, esizodala inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.

“Ukwemukelwa kohlelo lwethu kwenza kube nesisekelo soshintsho olungenazihibe lwemisebenzi yethu,” kusho uKen Hylander, iphini likamongameli omkhulu wezokuphepha, ubunjiniyela kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu sezokuphepha eNorthwest. "Umgomo wethu omkhulu uwukwenza ushintsho olungenazihibe kumakhasimende ethu futhi lesi isinyathelo esikhulu esibheke kulokho."

Bobabili abanikazi bamasheya abathwali bahlelelwe ukuvota ekuhlanganiseni ngoLwesine, ngemvume elindelwe kabanzi. Inhlanganisela isivele yathola imvume kwi-European Commission futhi i-DL kanye ne-NWA bathi balindele ukugunyazwa koMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US ekupheleni konyaka.

Inkampani yezindiza ehlanganisiwe, ezobizwa ngokuthi i-Delta, izosebenzisa uxhaxha lwezindiza ezinkulu ezicishe zibe ngu-800 futhi iqashe cishe abasebenzi abangu-75,000 emhlabeni wonke.

Ukuhlanganiswa kuzosabisa ngempesheni yabasebenzi - isimo izinkampani zezindiza ezithi asilungile neze.

Izisebenzi zaseNorthwest ezingu-12,500 ezimelwe i-International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers banohlelo lwempesheni oluvamile olukhokha inzuzo yanyanga zonke. “Ukuhlangana kwe-Delta-Northwest okungalulekwanga kahle kuzobeka engcupheni yonke into abayisebenzele ngenkathi kucekela phansi izindiza ezimbili ezake zaba mkhulu futhi kusabisa ngokukhokhelwa kwesikhungo somshuwalense wempesheni yesizwe sethu,” kusho uRobert Roach, iphini likamongameli jikelele we-IAM.

“Lokhu kuzothwalisa kanzima i-PBGC ngezikweletu ezengeziwe ezingaphezu kuka-$15.6 wezigidigidi ngaphezu kokushoda kwayo kwamabhiliyoni ayi-13.1 ngonyaka wezimali ka-2007,” kusho u-Roach.

IPhini likaMengameli weDelta, uRobert Kight, uthe abaphathi bezinkampani zezindiza "bazi ukuthi abasebenzi bethu kanye nalabo asebathatha umhlalaphansi bangase bakhathazeke ngezinguquko ezizayo," kodwa ukuhlanganiswa kuzobenza bavikeleke kakhulu ngokuvumela abathwali ukuthi behlise izindleko ngesikhathi lapho amanani entengo kaphethiloli enyuka kakhulu. inzuzo. Nakuba uMnyango Wezobulungiswa uwodwa unamandla okuvimba ukuhlangana ngezizathu zokungathembeki, iCongress ibhala imithetho evikela izinzuzo zempesheni.

Abenzi bomthetho bafuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uma ukuhlanganiswa kwezindiza kuqedwa, izimpilo zabantu asebethathe umhlalaphansi “aziphazamiseki,” kusho uSihlalo wekomiti uRobert Andrews, DN.J.. "Kunezinkinga ezijulile zempesheni ezithintekayo lapha."

Ngaphandle kwabashayeli bayo bezindiza, abasebenzi beDelta abayona inyunyana. Cishe bonke abasebenzi abafanelekile baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga bahlanganisiwe.

Kubasebenzi bezindiza, ukukhathazeka ngempesheni akulona iqiniso. UThomas Kochan, uprofesa we-MIT ofunda izindiza, utshele ikomidi ukuthi phakathi kuka-2001 no-2005, izindiza zaseMelika zaqeda imisebenzi eyi-100,000. Phakathi negagasi lokushoda kwemali, izinhlelo zempesheni eziyi-16 ezihlanganisa abasebenzi abangu-240,000 zaqedwa futhi zanikezwa i-PBGC.