Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-25 yokubhala malunga neshishini leenqwelomoya, olunye uqikelelo olubalaseleyo esakha saluva nalo lwalulolokuqala, olwenziwe ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1980 kwisemina yaseWashington yeentatheli ezizama ukufunda ngeshishini. Isithethi yayinguL. Welch Pogue, igqwetha laseWashington owathi kangangeminyaka emininzi wayengusihlalo weBhodi yeCivil Aeronautics. Leyo yi-arhente yomdibaniso eyayilawula kwiindlela zeenqwelomoya kunye neemali zokuhamba de iCongress kunye nolawulo lweCarter baqala ukurhoxisa ummiselo ngo-1978.
UPogue waqinisekisa ukuba ukhuphiswano olungathintelwanga luya kukhokelela ekugqibeleni kwi-oligopoly yenqwelomoya, okanye iinkampani ezimbalwa ezinkulu ezilawula imarike. Omnye wabachola-choli beendaba waba nesibindi sokuvuma ukuba (kwaye mhlawumbi nabanye bethu) abazange balive ilizwi. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, siye safunda kakuhle kakhulu ukuba ithetha ukuthini.
Amashumi amathathu eminyaka ekuyekisweni kolawulo, abaninzi ababukeleyo bakholelwa ukuba i-oligopoly sele ilawula kwaye ikhula ngamandla emarike. IDelta ithenga uMntla-ntshona. I-US Airways kunye ne-United zixoxa ngokudibana. Ukuba iMelika kunye nelizwekazi zihlala zizimele, yintoni eyayikho ngeminyaka yoo-1970 phantse ishumi elinesibini leenqwelomoya ezinkulu (kwaye zaziwa namhlanje njengeeNgqonyela zeLifa eziNtathu eziNtathu) zinokuba ziZine ezinkulu ngokwenene.
I-Pogue kunye nabanye abazange baqikelele ngokuqinisekileyo impumelelo yeqaqobana labangeneli abatsha, abacimi-mthetho ababenethemba lokuba iza kubonelela ngokhuphiswano olutsha. Kubakhenkethi abaninzi baseFiladelphia, isebenze ngaloo ndlela, kunye nenani elikhulu labantu abatsala inkonzo ngesaphulelo seenqwelomoya.
Umzantsi-ntshona wawuneminyaka nje embalwa ubudala ngo-1978, ubhabha ngenkqubo yendlela yaseTexas. Umzantsi-ntshona ukhule ngokuthe chu ukuze uthabathe isikhundla esamangalisa abantu abaninzi: Ithwala abakhweli abaninzi kunayo nayiphi na enye inqwelomoya yase-US (iMelika iseneyona ngeniso inkulu).
Zimalunga nama-200 ezinye iinqwelo-moya ezisanda kungena ezifike zemka. Kodwa i-AirTran, i-Alaska, i-JetBlue, i-Midwest, i-Spirit kunye nabanye abambalwa, kunye ne-Southwest, ikhule ngokwaneleyo ukuba ibe ngaphezu kweyesithathu yabathengi. Aba bafana abancinci babonelela ngokhuphiswano kuninzi lwabahlali base-US kuba bakhonza uninzi lwemimandla yemetro.
Ingxaki xa une-oligopoly yenqwelomoya, nangona kunjalo, kukuba sishiywe sinokhuphiswano oluncinci okanye singabikho kwizixeko ezininzi ezincinci kunye neendlela ezingapheliyo ze-hub-to-hub zabathwali abakhulu. Loo nto idale umahluko omkhulu kwiimali zokukhwela okubonakala ngathi akukho ngqiqweni. Xa iCAB endala ibeka iimali zokukhwela, zazisekwe ikakhulu kumgama. Ngoku zisekwe ngokupheleleyo ekubeni ngubani okhuphisana nabani.
Thatha iinqwelomoya phakathi kwe-US Airways hubs ePhiladelphia naseCharlotte. Itikiti lokuhamba ngoMvulo kunye nokubuya ngosuku olulandelayo, lithengwe ngaphezu kweeveki ezimbini kwangaphambili, linokuvela kwi-$ 175 ukuya kwi-$ 700, ngokutsho kwe-Orbitz search.
Ixabiso eliphantsi lelokusebenzisa iinqwelomoya ezine, zimbini kwicala ngalinye, kuMntla-ntshona ukuya eDetroit ezithatha iiyure ezintlanu ukuya kwezintandathu. I-$ 700 yokukhwela yeyokuthenga itikiti e-United kwiinqwelomoya ezingamisiyo eziqhutywa yi-US Airways phantsi komanyano lwabo lokwabelana ngekhowudi. Ukuba uthenga itikiti elifanayo kwi-US Airways, ixabiso yi-$374.
(Kutheni kukho umahluko ongaka phakathi kwala maxabiso “amaqabane” yinto ekuya kufuneka siyicacise kwikholamu yexesha elizayo – ukuba sinokuyifumanisa.)
Uluhlu lwamaxabiso olu hambo lwentelekelelo luyothusa ngakumbi ingqondo yetikiti elithengwe kwiveki ephelileyo, lihamba ngale ntsasa libuye ngomso ebusuku. I-AirTran izakusa eCharlotte ngendlela ye-Atlanta hub yayo ngaphezulu nje kweedola ezingama-200. Iinqwelomoya ezingapheliyo kwi-US Airways, zithengwe kwi-US Airways okanye e-United, zingaxabisa i-$1,761. Ewe kunjalo, oko kubandakanya imali yenkonzo ye-Orbitz yeedola ezi-5.
Intlawulo engapheliyo ayingoshicilelo olugwenxa - ngaphezulu kwe $1,700 ye-900-mayile yokuya nokubuya. Abaphathi beenqwelo moya bathanda ukuthi iinqwelomoya, ezilungelelaniselwe ukunyuka kwamaxabiso, zibiza isiqingatha namhlanje njengoko bezenzile ngaphambi kokupheliswa kommiselo. Kodwa lo ngumlinganiselo ongathethi nto kumntu odinga ukuhamba ngesaziso esifutshane kwiindlela ze-hub-to-hub ye-Big Six airlines okanye kwizixeko ezininzi ezincinci.
Wonke umntu ngaphandle kokufikelela kwijethi yabucala kufuneka athembe ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba kwihlabathi lasemva kokudityaniswa, ukuba neenqwelomoya ezine ezinkulu azinakuwenza umahluko wendlela yokukhwela inqwelo-mafutha nangakumbi.
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