I-Christchurch tetraplegic inyanzeliswa ukuba ihlawule amawaka eedola kumongi wenqwelomoya kuba abasebenzi base-Air New Zealand abanakumnceda ukuba angene esihlalweni sakhe.
U-Alan Pullar uthe kufuneka ahlawule umkhathaleli ukuba abhabhe ukuya e-United States kunye naye kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kwinyanga ezayo kuba i-Air New Zealand ayizukubonelela ngabasebenzi bokumphakamisa nokumkhupha esihlalweni sakhe.
UPullar, 62, ukwisitulo esinamavili ukusukela oko waphuka intamo kwisikram sombhoxo xa wayeneminyaka engama-20.
Intombi yakhe, uJess, iza kuphumelela kwiKholeji yaseBoston kwinyanga ezayo. Yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uBarbara baceba uhambo oluya e-US ukuya kumbona, kodwa kuye kwafuneka luncitshiswe ngenxa yeendleko ezongezelelweyo zokuthatha umntu okhathalelayo.
UPullar wayebhabhe neSingapore Airlines kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya zaseYurophu ngaphandle kwengxaki. Isitulo sakhe esinamavili sasingenakulingana ezantsi kwiipaseji zeenqwelomoya, kodwa mhlawumbi abasebenzi benqwelomoya okanye abacimi-mlilo balungiselelwe ukuba bamphakamisele esihlalweni sakhe, utshilo.
I-Air New Zealand kunye neQantas, zombini ezineenqwelomoya eziya ngqo e-US, zalile ukubonelela ngenkonzo kubathengi abakhubazekileyo.
“Yinto elula, kodwa ngumba kwaye ngumba obiza imali eninzi,” utshilo uPullar. “Ndifuna nje oku kwabanye. Ndiyakwazi ukuthatha umntu okhathalelayo, kodwa abantu abaninzi abanako kwaye iiveki ezimbini yimali eninzi.”
Ibicaphukisa into yokuba izigidi zeerandi zichithwe kwiibhasi eziguqa ngamadolo, iirempu zezihlalo zabakhubazekileyo kunye nezindlu zangasese zabantu abakhubazekileyo, kodwa into elula kangaka ayikwazanga kulungiswa, utshilo.
“Kufuneka sibe nelungelo lokuhamba, ngakumbi kwinqwelomoya yethu,” utshilo uPullar.
Akuba ekwinqwelo-moya akazange afune zindlu zangasese okanye uncedo olongezelelekileyo, ngoko kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba umkhathaleli abe kunye naye.
UBarbara Pullar uthe ukuhlawulela umntu othe chatha ukuba ahambe kuhambo kuthetha ukuba esi sibini asizukwazi ukwenza ezinye izinto ebesizicwangcisa kulo nyaka.
“Yenye nje into ekufuneka usokola nayo kuba ukhubazekile,” utshilo.
Enye intombi yabo, u-Emily, wayehlala e-Auckland kodwa abakwazanga ukubatyelela ngenxa yemithetho yenqwelomoya, utshilo.
Umphathi wezonxibelelwano e-Air New Zealand u-Andrea Dale uthe umgaqo-nkqubo wenqwelomoya “ujonge ukunciphisa umngcipheko wokwenzakala kubasebenzi nakubathengi ngokuphakamisa isandla”.
“Kubathengi abahamba kumazwe ngamazwe, umntu oxhasayo uyafuneka ukuba ahambe nomntu ongakwaziyo ukuzihambisa ngokwakhe ukuya okanye ukusuka kwindawo yakhe kwaye ofuna ukunyuselwa ngesandla,” utshilo.
"Lo mntu uxhasayo uyafuneka ekuthatheni ingqalelo ixesha elide lokubhabha kunye nenkxaso yobuqu eyongezelelweyo enokuthi ifuneke kulo lonke uhambo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwiimfuno zomntu kunye nayo nayiphi na imeko engxamisekileyo yenqwelomoya enokufuna ukufuduswa."
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