UHeathrow ubhengeza ukuqeshwa kubekelwe ukutshintsha amava oncedo

UHeathrow ubhengeza ukuqeshwa kubekelwe ukutshintsha amava oncedo
UHeathrow ubhengeza ukuqeshwa kubekelwe ukutshintsha amava oncedo

UHeathrow ubhengeze ukuba iphulo lokukhubazeka, uHelen Dolphin MBE, kunye nomlawuli olinganayo onamava kunye nomlawuli wokubandakanywa, uKeith Richards, bobabini batyunjwe njengoosihlalo abatsha beQela eliCebisayo lokuFikelela eHeathrow (HAAG). Umcebisi wezokuhamba ofikelelekayo, uGeraldine Lundy, uya kuba exhasa bobabini uHelen noKeith kwindima yokuba ngusekela sihlalo we-HAAG, esebenza neqela elizimeleyo ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukufikeleleka kunye nokubandakanywa kuhlala kuphambili kwi-ajenda kaHeathrow.

Amalungu e-HAAG azokongamela ngaphezulu kwe- $ 30 yezigidi zotyalo-mali kwizixhobo ezitsha, izixhobo kunye netekhnoloji enje ngobuchwephesha beNavilens itekhnoloji ethi Heathrow usebenza neRoyal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) kulingo. I-Navilens isebenza ngokusebenzisa inkqubo ye-bespoke markers kunye ne-algorithm enamandla yokufumanisa ukukhokela abakhweli abangaboni kakuhle kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, ukubanika amandla okuhamba ngokuzimela. Izilingo zimiselwe ukuqala kwangentwasahlobo.  

UHelen Dolphin MBE ngumkhankaso ozimisele ukuphucula izithuthi zabantu abakhubazekileyo. UHelen naye ukhubazekile, uza kuzisa indyebo yamava kule ndima kwaye ukwasebenza njengelungu lecandelo labathengi leCandelo lezoKhenketho loLuntu (i-CAA). UHelen ukwasebenza njengengcali yokuhamba ngokuzimeleyo, ecebisa imizimba yobungcali ngendlela yokuphucula ukufikeleleka. Ngo-2015, wanikwa i-MBE yiRoyal Highness yakhe iNkosana uCharles, ngomsebenzi wakhe wokukhankasela abaqhubi abakhubazekileyo. 

U-Keith Richards uqeqeshelwe ukuba yi-barrister kwaye usebenze njengelungu elizimeleyo kunye nomlawuli ongasebenziyo kumabhunga olawulo kumacandelo ngamacandelo. Ugqwesa ngokuzilawula, ukulingana kunye nokubandakanya amalungelo abathengi kunye nokuseka iPhaneli yabaThengi eCAA phambi kokuba abe nguSihlalo wayo iminyaka emithandathu kude kube ngu-2017. Usihlalo weKomiti yeeNgcebiso ngezoThutho yaBantu abaKhubazekileyo (DPTAC) kwiSebe lezoThutho.

UGeraldine usebenze kwishishini lokubhabha ngenqwelomoya ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20, esenza ukuba abantu abakhubazekileyo bakwazi ukubhabha ngokukhuselekileyo nangokonwaba kangangoko. Ngexesha leminyaka yakhe esebenzela iVirgin Atlantic uye waphembelela inqwelomoya ukuba yazise ngokufikeleleka kwezolonwabo kunye nokuqeqeshwa kwabathengi abajongana noogxa babo ukunceda abakhweli abakhubazekileyo abafihliweyo. Kwi-2019, uGeraldine waba ngumcebisi ozimeleyo kwaye wabonelela ngeenkonzo kunye neengcebiso kwiinqwelomoya, kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya, kwimizi-mveliso yezobuchwephesha nakubantu abakhubazekileyo.

Ukomeleza ngakumbi ukuXhaswa kwabaThengi neQela leNkonzo, uSarah Charsley, uqeshiwe ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwindima entsha yeNtloko yeNkonzo yokuNceda iiNkonzo kwaye uzakusebenzisana ngokusondeleyo ne-HAAG ukuguqula uncedo loncedo lwesikhululo seenqwelomoya. USara usebenze eHeathrow ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka kwaye udlale indima ebalulekileyo esebenza nabachaphazelekayo abaninzi ukuguqula ukusebenza kwempahla.

Ukwamkela ukuqeshwa, uHeathrow aBudlelwane baBathengi kunye noMlawuli weNkonzo, uLiz Hegarty uthe: “Sijonge phambili ekusebenzisaneni neqela elitsha ukuqhubeka nokuphucula nokwenza kunye ikamva leenkonzo zethu zoncedo - kwabo sihamba nabo namhlanje, kunye nabakhweli abazakubhabha eHeathrow eyandisiweyo kwixesha elizayo. Iqela elitsha likuthanda kakhulu ukwenza iHeathrow ifikeleleke kwaye ibandakanye bonke abantu kwaye amandla abo kunye nobungcali buya kungqina ukuxabiseka kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nabakhweli bethu njengoko uHeathrow eqala iminyaka elishumi yokuhanjiswa kwayo.

Ukunika ingxelo malunga nokuqeshwa, uHelen Dolphin MBE, uSihlalo we-HAAG: “Ndinovuyo olukhulu ukubekwa njengoSihlalo odibeneyo we-HAAG. Eli lixesha elinomdla ngokwenene ekusebenzeni nesikhululo seenqwelomoya iHeathrow njengoko iqala kwesinye ishumi leminyaka lotyalo-mali kubahambi besikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ndinomdla wokuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abakhubazekileyo banamathuba afanayo okuhamba ngenqwelomoya njengaye wonke umntu kwaye ndiqinisekisa ukuba uHeathrow ubonelela ngeyona nkonzo ibalaseleyo ehlabathini. ”

UKeith Richards, uSihlalo we-HAAG wongeze: Ukubekwa njengoSihlalo ngokudibeneyo weQela lokuCebisa ngeHeathrow kunye noHelen kulilungelo elikhulu, kwaye ndikulindele kakhulu ukusebenza neli qela linomdla, linamava kwaye liqeqeshiwe. Lixesha elonwabisayo lokuba yinxalenye yenkqubo yotshintsho eza kuthi icele umngeni kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba siphucule iinkonzo zoncedo, senze ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kubandakanyeke ngakumbi kunike abantu abaninzi ukuzithemba kokubhabha. ” 

UGeraldine Lundy, usekela-sihlalo we-HAAG uthe: “Kuyandivuyisa ukusebenza ne-HAAG kunye nesikhululo senqwelomoya saseHeathrow ukuphucula inkonzo kunye namaziko anikwa abakhweli abakhubazekileyo. Ndiqinisekile ukuba isikhululo seenqwelomoya sizinikele ngokupheleleyo ekunikezeleni ngeenkonzo ezikumgangatho wehlabathi kubo bonke - isihloko esithandekayo entliziyweni yam. Ndizakufumana umvuzo omkhulu xa ndikwazi ukuxhasa uHeathrow kule ndawo. ”

Ngo-2019, uHeathrow waqala ukunqoba umboneleli oncedisayo omtsha kwiTheminali 5. Eli tyala lisungulwa phambi kwethenda epheleleyo yokunikezelwa kwenkonzo ekupheleni kuka-2020, ejolise ekuncedeni isikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba sifezekise umbono waso wokulinganiswa “ zilunge kakhulu ”kwindawo yokufikeleleka yonyaka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-CAA ngowama-2022. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya siphumeze 'iinkozo zikajongilanga' eziye zanceda abakhweli abaninzi abakhubazekileyo abafihlakeleyo ukuba bazive bexhaswa xa bebhabha.

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