Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya zeBritish Airways Plc namhlanje babonise kwikomkhulu labathwali baseLondon ngokuchasene nezicwangciso zenkampani zokuqalisa inqwelomoya entsha.
Malunga newaka labaqhubi beenqwelomoya kunye namalungu osapho lwabo baye baqhankqalaza besingise kwiiofisi zeBritish Airways kufutshane nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon Heathrow, kuqhanqalazo oluthathe iiyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha, utshilo uKeith Bill kudliwanondlebe lomnxeba namhlanje. Amapolisa avale indlela engu-A1,000 ukuze kungene abaqhubi beenqwelomoya.
IBritish Air Line Pilots Association, okanye Balpa, ivotele ukuba baqhankqalaze iyunithi BA kaThixo OpenSkies, eya kubhabha phakathi Paris kunye New York ukuqala ngoJuni. I-British Airways ifuna ukugaya abaqhubi beshishini elitsha ngaphandle kwechibi layo langoku, kwaye imanyano ithi i-BA iya kusebenzisa i-subsidiary ukunyanzela utshintsho kwintlawulo kunye neemeko zokusebenza kubo bonke abasebenzi beenqwelo-moya be-airline.
"Sifuna abaqhubi beenqwelomoya ukuba babe ngabaqhubi be-BA," uJim McAuslan, unobhala jikelele we-Balpa, uthe namhlanje kudliwano-ndlebe lomnxeba njengoko uqhanqalazo lufikelela esiphelweni. “Imalunga nokhuseleko lomsebenzi, imisebenzi kunye nentlonipho.”
IGosa eliLawulayo leBritish Airways uWillie Walsh uthe umthwali omtsha ufuna isiseko seendleko ezisezantsi ukuba ukhuphisane neenqwelomoya ezinkulu zenethiwekhi. I-OpenSkies yinxalenye yempendulo yenqwelomoya kwisivumelwano se-European Union-US esiya kuthi sikhulule ukuhamba nge-Atlantiki ukusuka nge-31 kaMatshi.
Iziqinisekiso kubaqhubi beenqwelo-moya
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya inike isiqinisekiso sokuba i-OpenSkies ayizukuchaphazela imivuzo kunye nemigaqo yabaqhubi beenqwelomoya. I-OpenSkies iya kusebenzisa inqwelomoya enye ye-Boeing Co. 757 ukuze iqhube inkonzo yokuqala yaseParis-New York, ikhula ibe ziinqwelo-moya ezintandathu ekupheleni kuka-2009.
"IBritish Airways ifuna ukugcina ukuguquguquka kwayo - ifuna abakhweli beshishini kwi-OpenSkies, baya kuphumelela kwaye kufuneka bayenze ngokwezoqoqosho," utshilo uJohn Strickland, umlawuli wengcali yezophapho esekwe eLondon JLS Consulting Ltd. kubonakala ngathi benze konke okusemandleni abo ukuthomalalisa uloyiko lukaBalpa, kodwa umanyano luphenjelelwe koko bakubonileyo eMelika. ”
Isivumelwano esibizwa ngokuba yi-open-skys agreement siyakuvumela iinqwelomoya ze-EU ukuba zibhabhe ziye e-US zisuka nakwesiphi na isikhululo seenqwelomoya ze-bloc, endaweni yamazwe azo asekhaya kuphela. Ikwaphelisa isitshixo iBritish Airways kunye nabanye abathwali abathathu ababenaso kwinkonzo yase-US ukusuka eHeathrow, esona sikhululo sixakekileyo saseYurophu.
Abaqhubi be-Balpa bavotela ukubetha ngoFebruwari 21. Ngaphantsi komthetho waseBrithani babe nefestile yeentsuku ze-28 apho baqala khona ukuhamba. INkundla ePhakamileyo yase-UK yandisa ixesha elibekiweyo emva kokuba iingxoxo phakathi kwala macala mabini ziqhawuke kwaye imanyano yazama ukuvimba isithintelo esonganyelwe yi-airline.
Ukuthintela Uqhankqalazo
IBritish Airways izama ukusebenzisa umthetho wokhuphiswano we-EU ukuthintela ugwayimbo, ngokutsho kukaBalpa. Umthetho unika abemi be-EU ilungelo lokuseka amashishini kwelinye lamazwe alo mbutho.
I-Balpa imele malunga ne-3,000 yabaqhubi be-airline be-3,200. I-Air Line Pilots Association, yathi iya kuxhasa umboniso weBalpa kule mpelaveki ngokuthatha kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zase-US ezibandakanya iNew York kaJohn F. Kennedy International, iWashington Dulles, iLos Angeles International, iSan Francisco International kunye neSeattle Tacoma International.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo moya zeAmerican Airlines Inc. bebechola kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iBritish Airways kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iJohn F. Kennedy ngaxeshanye noqhanqalazo lwaseLondon, utshilo uMcAuslan.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- British Airways wants to recruit pilots for the new business from outside its current pool, and the union says BA will use the subsidiary to force changes to pay and working conditions for all of the airline’s flight crews.
- The British Air Line Pilots Association, or Balpa, has voted to strike in protest of BA’s OpenSkies unit, which will fly between Paris and New York starting in June.
- “They seem to have done their best to calm the fears of Balpa, but the union has been influenced by what they’ve seen in the States.
