Xa umlawuli we-Federal Aviation Administration uRandy Babbitt wamamela iiteyiphu waza wagalela ulwazi malunga nengozi ebulalayo yenqwelomoya kaFebruwari eBuffalo, NY, yena, njengoninzi lwabantu baseMelika, waba nefuthe elinamandla.
“Ndithe ndakudlula ndamamela ndafunda okushicilelweyo kwale ngozi, ndabona ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni, kwabakho ukonakaliswa kubuchwephesha,” utshilo uBabbitt kwi-ABC News ngoMvulo. “Lo nto ibingeke yenzeke kwabanye abathwali bemoto kuba bebefundiswe, bebeqeqeshelwe. Ngekwakungazange kwenzeke. Ndifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba ayiphindi yenzeke.”
UNobhala we-Babbitt kunye noThutho uRay LaHood badibana eWashington, DC, ngoMvulo kunye nabameli abavela kuzo zonke iimbombo zeshishini le-airline ukuba bagxininise ekufumaneni iindlela zeenqwelo-moya ngokuzithandela ukwenza indiza ikhuseleke.
Okuphezulu kwi-ajenda yeqela yayiyila i-manifesto yokuqinisekisa abahambi ukuba iinqwelo-moya zenza konke ezinako ukuqinisekisa ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bakulungele ngaphaya ukubhabha abakhweli ukuya kwiindawo abasingise kuzo, kunye nokunceda abaqhubi abakhulu abangakumbi ukuba bacebise abo banamava amancinane.
U-Babbitt uxelele iinkampani zenqwelomoya namhlanje ulindele ukuba benze iitshekhi ezipheleleyo kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya ngaphambi kokuba baqeshe ukuba babhabhe abakhweli - kuquka ukufumana imvume kubaqhubi ukuze bafikelele kuzo zonke iirekhodi zabo zoqeqesho. Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zivumelekile ukwenza oko namhlanje kodwa kuye kwacaca emva kwengozi yaseBuffalo ukuba ayizizo zonke eziyenzayo.
"Kukho imbono yoluntu phaya, ngelishwa, ngoku ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelo moya banokuphinda basilele ukukhwela kwaye bagcine imisebenzi yabo," utshilo uBabbitt. "Sifuna abakhweli kweli lizwe bangabi nantandabuzo malunga nemfundo yomntu okanye abasebenzi ababhabha ngenqwelomoya yabo."
"Ndifuna isindululo namhlanje malunga nokucela iCongress ukuba yandise umda wePilot Records Improvement Act ukunika abaqeshi ukufikelela kuzo zonke iirekhodi ezikhoyo kwifayile yomqhubi," utshilo uBabbitt.
Nangona umthetho wangoku uyalela ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelo moya kufuneka basayine ukhupho oluvumela abaqeshi abanokuba ngabaqeshi ukufikelela kwiirekhodi zabo zoqeqesho, iFederal Aviation Administration ngoMvulo isete okulindelweyo okutsha kwaye yacebisa ngamandla ukuba iinqwelomoya zicele ukufikelela.
"Sifuna ukwenza izinto ezintsha," utshilo uDan Morgan, usekela mongameli weColgan Air wokhuseleko kunye nokuthotyelwa kwemithetho, kwiveki ephelileyo. “Siyinxalenye yeshishini elilawulwa kakhulu, kodwa akukho nto ithi asinakuzama ukwenza izinto ezimbalwa ezingazange zenziwe ngaphambili.”
Kodwa ayinguye wonke umntu ocinga ukuba utshintsho lunokwenzeka ngaphandle kwemithetho yomanyano ukubaxhasa.
“Andicingi ukuba izokwenzeka ngokuzithandela,” utshilo umphathi womthwali wengingqi ocele ukuba angaziwa ngoMvulo. “Kuza kufuneka ibe sisinyanzelo. Uyazi, i-FAA eneneni kuya kufuneka ibeke oku kumthetho ukuze ezi nqwelomoya zitshintshe kuba kuya kuxabisa imali yeenqwelo moya ukuqesha abasebenzi abaninzi kunye nokusebenza kancinci, kuya kufuneka inyanzeliswe kubo. ”
Le ndibano iza emva kweengozi ezininzi zenqwelomoya zamva nje eziye zaphakamisa inkxalabo ngokhuseleko lwabahambi.
NgoFebruwari ukuntlitheka kwenqwelomoya yengingqi eBuffalo, NY, ingozi kaJuni ye-Airbus A330 enkulu phezu koLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki kunye nokukhululeka kokuma okungxamisekileyo okuyimpumelelo phezu koMlambo i-Hudson ngoJanuwari ngamnye ukhumbuze iingcali zokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kubalulekile ukuba bahlale belindile.
Bayi-50 bebonke abantu ababhubhileyo ngethuba iColgan Air Flight 3407 yasihla nje kufutshane nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBuffalo ngoFebruwari.
"Silandela zonke iimfuno ze-FAA, njengazo zonke ezinye iinqwelomoya, kwaye sidlula ezo mfuno," utshilo uMorgan. “Sineenkqubo zoqeqesho ezingqongqo kakhulu. Kukho into eyenzekayo kwinqwelomoya. Lo nto ayithethi ukuba yonke le nkampani yenqwelomoya ayilunganga kwaye ingumntwana weposta eyona nto imbi kakhulu kweli shishini.
Kodwa namagosa aphezulu kurhulumente wenqwelomoya avumile ngoMvulo ukuba ingozi yaseColgan luvuko olubonisa iingxaki ezinzulu zokhuseleko kunye neenqwelomoya zengingqi ngoku zibhabha isiqingatha seenqwelomoya eUnited States. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya yaseBuffalo, uKapteni uMarvin Renslow, wasilela ukukhangela iinqwelomoya ezininzi xa wayefumana iphepha-mvume lokuqhuba, kodwa akazange azibhengeze zonke kwiColgan Air kwisicelo sakhe.
“Kufuneka siphinde sithembele eluntwini,” utshilo uLaHood ngoMvulo. "Kufuneka sikhuthaze ukuzithemba kuye wonke umhambi ngalo lonke ixesha ekhwela inqwelomoya okanye nayiphi na isayizi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwilizwe lethu."
“Ezinye zezinto endizibonileyo nendizivileyo malunga nezinto ezenziwayo kwishishini leenqwelomoya zengingqi azamkelekanga,” utshilo uBabbitt. “Umsebenzi wethu kukuhambisa nokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko, kwaye kutsha nje sibone iintanda kwinkqubo. Kufuneka sijonge nzulu ngakumbi kokwenzekayo, kodwa kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo, ngokungafihlisiyo, ziluphawu lokuba ezinye izinto azilunganga.”
Kudliwano-ndlebe lwakutsha nje lweBhodi yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho yeSizwe (NTSB) ngengozi yaseBuffalo, abaphandi baye baphumelela kuqeqesho lomqhubi wenqwelo-moya kunye neqela labasebenzi kunye nemiba yokudinwa kunye neempazamo ezinokwenzeka kwiindawo zokulala.
Kodwa abaninzi abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya bathi babone konke ngaphambili. Abo babhabhela abathwali bemimandla bathumele i-ABC News imvula yee-imeyile malunga neziphene zokhuseleko, iishedyuli zokohlwaya, umvuzo ophantsi kunye nokungabi namava.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya othethe ne-ABC News namhlanje uthe "konke kuxhomekeke ekongeni imali."
“Iinqwelomoya zengingqi ziya kunciphisa iindleko xa kufikwa kuqeqesho,” utshilo. "Ndiyathetha, baya kukunika ubuncinci boqeqesho oluvunyelwa yi-FAA ukonga imali."
Ukunqongophala kwemali kuthetha ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelo moya basebenza iiyure ezinde kakhulu, bahlala behlawulwa nje i-18,000 yeedola ngonyaka, utshilo. Uthe ezi zinto zithathwe kunye zithetha ukuba iinqwelomoya zibeka esichengeni umgangatho kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ukhuseleko.
"Ukuba bayaqhubeka nemigangatho yokuqesha kunye neemeko zokusebenza, ukhuseleko lunokuphazamiseka," watsho umqhubi. "Ngoko ngokuqinisekileyo kunokwenzeka ukuba kubekho iingozi ezininzi."
I-FAA ivumile namhlanje ukuba imithetho yomsebenzi kufuneka itshintshwe ukuze kuncitshiswe ukudinwa, kodwa ayikamisela ithayimthebhile kulo mba.
"Siza kuphelelwa ngumonde malunga noku kwaye senze into esinokuyenza ngokukhawuleza ukuqinisekisa uluntu olubhabhayo ukuba iijethi zengingqi ezibhabhayo zikhuselekile - ukuba abaqhubi ababhabha ngazo baqeqeshwe kakuhle kwaye baphumle," uLaHood uxelele i-ABC Iindaba ngoMvulo.
Umhloli Jikelele uchonga ubuthathaka obuhlanu kuHlolo lweenqwelomoya
Abaqulunqi bomthetho bavavanye ukuntlitheka kwenqwelomoya yalo nyaka kwindibano kwiveki ephelileyo eCapitol Hill.
“Sililizwe lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya elikhuselekileyo, kodwa kufanele ukuba ngoku sithi, 'Masiphinde sijonge. Masibone apho kufuneka singqongqo ngakumbi kwaye sibeke iliso ngakumbi ukuze siqinisekise ukuba senza konke okusemandleni,'” USen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, watsho kuloo ntlanganiso.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, umhloli jikelele weSebe lezoThutho uCalvin Scovel uthe inkqubo ye-FAA yokongamela inqwelomoya ifuna umsebenzi, esongeza, “Sichonge ubuthathaka obumandla kwiinkqubo ezintlanu ze-FAA zokubeka iliso kushishino lweenqwelomoya.”
Obo buthathaka bubandakanya "ukuhlolwa okusekwe kumngcipheko, izikhululo zokulungisa, iinqwelomoya ezigugayo, ukubhengezwa kokwaphulwa kokhuseleko olwenziwa ngeNkqubo yokuSebenza ngoKhuseleko lwe-Aviation (ASAP) kunye nezikhalazo zabahlebi," u-Scovel uxelele ikomitana yenqwelomoya yephaneli yeSenate Commerce. U-Scovel uceba ukukhupha ingxelo ngaloo miba ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
U-Jay Rockefeller, u-DW.Va., usihlalo we-Senate Commerce Committee, wabiza iziganeko zamva nje "izikhumbuzo ezibandayo, ezoyikisayo ukuba akukho nto ibaluleke ngakumbi kwinqwelomoya kunokhuseleko lwabo bonke abakhweli" kwingxelo elungiselelwe intlanganiso.
UkuHamba ngoMoya: iNqanaba elinye loKhuseleko
NgoLwesibini odlulileyo, uBabbitt kunye noLaHood babhengeze ukuba, ukuqala ngokukhawuleza, uqeqesho lomqhubi weenqwelo moya zengingqi luya kuqwalaselwa ngabahloli be-FAA.
Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zengingqi zivakalise inkxaso kwiveki ephelileyo kugxininiso olutsha kurhulumente wokongamela uqeqesho lokulinga.
"Ukhuseleko luhlala luhlala kwaye luya kuhlala luyiNombolo yethu yokuqala," watsho uMongameli we-Regional Airline Association uRoger Cohen. "Siyawaxhasa onke amanyathelo uNobhala we-DOT uLaHood kunye nomlawuli we-FAA uBabbitt bacela ukuba kwenzeke oku."
"Ndingathanda ukuqaphela ukuba le miba ayihambelani neenqwelomoya zengingqi kuphela," usihlalo we-NTSB uMark Rosenker wangqina kwiCapitol Hill. "Zibalulekile kuwo wonke umsebenzi wenqwelomoya, abathwali beenqwelomoya abakhulu kunye nabathwali bomoya bengingqi."
Emva kokuntlitheka kweenqwelomoya ezininzi ekuqaleni koo-1990, imithetho yaqala ukusebenza ngo-1997 eyaqinisekisa ukuba abathwali bengingqi babefuneka ukuba balandele imithetho efanayo nabathwali abakhulu.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya banokuba semsebenzini iiyure ezili-16 ngosuku, nto leyo equka ixesha elingachithwanga kwinqwelo-moya. Zinokubhabha iiyure ezisibhozo kuphela kwisithuba seeyure ezingama-24.
I-FAA ikwafuna iiyure ezingama-250 zexesha lokubhabha ekuqeshweni komqhubi wenqwelomoya, nangona isithi ukuziqhelanisa neshishini kuhlala kuphezulu, uninzi lokugawulwa kwemithi ubuncinane iiyure ezingama-500.
Ukongeza kwizatifikethi zomqhubi wezothutho zabucala, zorhwebo kunye nezomoya ezivela kwi-FAA, u-Babbitt uthe abaqhubi beenqwelo moya bafumana "uqeqesho lokuqala kunye nolongezelelweyo olwenziwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngokusebenzisa abathwali bomoya abasebenza kubo," nabo balawulwa yi-FAA.
Sekunjalo, abanye baye bathi i-FAA ayenzi ngokwaneleyo.
Embindini kaMeyi njengoko abaphandi be-NTSB bavavanya ukuba yintoni engahambi kakuhle eBuffalo, uSen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y., wathumela ileta eLaHood ebiza i-FAA ukuba iphinde icinge kwakhona into efunekayo kubaqhubi abatsha ngaphambi kokuba baye esibhakabhakeni.
“Ndikholelwa ukuba i-FAA kufuneka iqale ngokuphonononga kwakhona ukuba ifuna ntoni na kwiikharityhula zoqeqesho lwenqwelomoya,” ubhale watsho uSchumer. “Udliwano-ndlebe lwe-NTSB lubonise ukuba ukungabikho koqeqesho lokutyhalela iintonga kusenokwenzeka ukuba kunendima ekuntlithekeni kweFlight 3407, kwaye ndiyazibuza ukuba loluphi olunye uhlobo loqeqesho olubalulekileyo olunokushiywa ngaphandle kwekharityhulam.”
"Ngomdla wokunciphisa iindleko, iinqwelomoya zibonakala zisebenza kakhulu kwaye zibahlawula kancinci abaqhubi bazo," uSchumer kamva uxelele I-ABC News. "Uqeqesho alubonakali lugcwele kwaye lufanelekile."
