ISouthwest Airlines Co., okuyinkampani ethwala imali ephansi kunazo zonke, yamisa umthengisi wesondlo oxhumene nokusetshenziswa kwezingxenye ezingagunyaziwe ezindizeni ezingama-82 iBoeing Co. 737.
Inkampani yezindiza kanye neFederal Aviation Administration behlulekile ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni sokuxazulula lolu daba namhlanje, kusho uBeth Harbin, okhulumela iSouthwest ezinze eDallas. U-Lynn Lunsford, okhulumela i-FAA, uthe le nhlangano ilindele ukuthi kube nesivumelwano ngomhla ka-5: XNUMX ntambama, eDallas kusasa.
Ngenkathi inkampani yezindiza, i-FAA neBoing bethe izingxenye azilethi ingozi yokuphepha, imithethonqubo yase-US iyakwenqabela ukuthi izindiza zingagijinywa nezicucu ezenziwe ngaphandle kwesitifiketi sikahulumeni. Izakhi kungenzeka ukuthi bezikhona ezindizeni ezithile isikhathi esingangeminyaka emithathu, ngokusho kweSouthwest.
"Bephule imithetho, yize bengahlosile, besebenzisa izingxenye ezingagunyaziwe," kusho uJon Ash, umengameli wenkampani yabeluleki i-InterVistas-GA2 eWashington. “Ekupheleni kosuku ngiyasola ukuthi bazothola inhlawulo. Kunikezwe lokho. ”
ULunsford uthe "INingizimu-ntshonalanga ithe sonke lesi sikhathi ifuna ukwazi ukufaka lezi zingxenye esikhundleni sayo ngenkathi iqhubeka nokundiza izindiza zayo. Sisebenzela ukubona ukuthi ikhona yini indlela yokwenza lokho futhi sikwenze ngokulandela imigomo. ”
Phambilini i-FAA ivumele iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ukuthi iqhubeke nokusebenza okwesikhashana izindiza, ngenkathi izinhlangothi zombili ziqala izingxoxo ngo-Agasti 22 ngohlelo nangendlela yokushintsha izingxenye. INingizimu-ntshonalanga isivele ikwenzile ukushintshwa kwamajethi angama-30.
'Basenethemba'
"Sisenethemba lokuthi i-FAA izovuma ukuthi siphakamise umugqa wesikhathi onolaka ukubhekana nokungalandelwa komthetho ngendlela ephephile," kusho uHarbin.
Ngaphandle kwesivumelwano ne-FAA, noma iyiphi indiza eseningizimu-ntshonalanga ehambisana nezingxenye ezingagunyaziwe izokwephula i-oda lombuso futhi inkampani yezindiza ingase ibhekane nenhlawulo efinyelela ku- $ 25,000 ngendiza, kusho uLunsford ekuqaleni kwanamuhla.
Inkinga yatholwa ngo-Agasti 21, ngemuva kokuthi umsebenzi wokuqapha umhloli we-FAA kusonkontileka ongaphansi kweSouthwest ethola ukungahambi kahle kwamaphepha kwezinye izingxenye. Umhloli unqume ukuthi usonkontileka omncane wenze izinto zokufaka ihenjisi zohlelo olususa umoya oshisayo kude namaphiko ngemuva kwamaphiko lapho enwetshiwe, ukusebenza bekungagunyaziwe yi-FAA.
ISouthwest imise iD-Velco Aviation Services yasePhoenix, okuyinkampani eyaqasha usonkontileka ongaphansi, njengomunye wabathengisi bayo besondlo, kusho uHarbin. Usonkontileka ongaphansi owenze lokhu kufakwa akakaziwa igama lakhe. Izindiza ezingama-82 zimelela amaphesenti ayi-15 wemikhumbi yezindiza engama-544 eningizimu-ntshonalanga.
Phambilini Kuhle
Uphenyo lugxila kakhulu ezindizeni eziseNingizimu-ntshonalanga. Inkampani yezindiza ngoMashi yavuma ukukhokha inhlawulo eyizigidi ezingama- $ 7.5, okuyinhlawulo enkulu kunazo zonke eqoqwe yi-FAA, ngezindiza ezindizayo ngaphandle kokuhlolwa kwe-fuselage ngo-2006 nango-2007. ukufika okuphuthumayo.
I-American Airlines yakwa-AMR Corp yakhuhla izindiza ezingama-3,300 360,000 futhi yabavalela abagibeli abangu-300 80 ngonyaka owedlule ngemuva kokuthi i-FAA idinga ukuhlolwa kwezintambo nokulungiswa kwama-XNUMX eBoeing MD-XNUMXs. I-American yabeka cishe uhhafu wemikhumbi yayo ngemuva kokuthi i-FAA ithole ukuthi inkampani yezindiza yayingazitholanga izinyanda zezintambo ngokuyalela i-ejensi.
ENingizimu-ntshonalanga, "ukuphepha kwezingxenye akuyona inkinga," kusho uHarbin. "Okusematheni ngukuthi ayikho imigomo elandelwayo yokulungisa isimo lapho unezingxenye eziphephe ngokuphelele, ezibhekwa kanjalo ngabakhiqizi bezindiza, okumele zisuswe kufakwe ezinye."
Ngenxa yokuthi lezi zingxenye aziyona ingozi ekuphepheni kwale nkampani yezindiza, i-FAA mhlawumbe izonikeza inkampani “isikhathi esikahle” sokubuyisela izingxenye ezingagunyaziwe, kusho u-Ash. Udaba lwakamuva kakhulu akumele luphakamise ama-alamu ngokuphepha kweNingizimu-ntshonalanga, kusho yena. Ngezindiza ezingama-544, izehlakalo ezinjalo zizokwenzeka "ngezikhathi ezithile," kusho u-Ash.
I-FAA inganquma ukuthi izingxenye zidinga ukushintshwa ngokushesha noma ukuthi zingaqhubeka zisetshenziswe kuze kube yisikhathi esijwayelekile sokushintshwa, kusho uLunsford. Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukusho ukuthi ngabe iNingizimu-ntshonalanga ingabhekana yini nenhlawulo ngaphezulu kwezakhi, kusho yena.
