I-FORT WORTH, eTexas (ngo-Agasti 13, 200) - I-Airlines yaseMelika iya kusebenza njengomxhasi wesihloko soMbutho wabaqhubi beenqwelomoya ze-Black Airline (OBAP) i-32nd Annual Convention, apho uKapteni osele umhlala phantsi uDave Harris uya kuhlonishwa ngokuba ngowokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika ukubhabha. inqwelo moya yorhwebo. UHarris, oneminyaka engama-73, wathatha umhlala-phantsi kwi-American Airlines ngo-1994 emva kweminyaka engama-30 yenkonzo.
Emva kokwaliwa kwezinye iinqwelomoya ezinkulu ngelo xesha, uHarris wayefuna ukunqanda nakuphi na ukungaqondi kakuhle endleleni. Emva kodliwanondlebe lwakhe no-American, uHarris ukhumbula, "Ndaziva ndinyanzelekile ukuba ndixelele (udliwano-ndlebe) ukuba ndimnyama." Umqhubi wenqwelomoya oyintloko obeqhuba udliwano-ndlebe waphendula wathi, “Le yiAmerican Airlines kwaye asikhathali nokuba umnyama, umhlophe okanye utshatiwe, sifuna ukwazi kuphela, ngaba ungayibhabhisa inqwelomoya?” UHarris waqala uqeqesho kunye neAmerican Airlines ngoDisemba 3, 1964, elungiselela ukuqhuba inqwelomoya yeDC-6 yenkampani.
IAmerican Airlines namhlanje inelona luhlu lwabasebenzi benqwelomoya abahlukeneyo kwishishini. I-American Eagle Airlines ehlangeneyo kunye nengingqi yayo iqeshe abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abali-163 base-Afrika-baseMelika, abanye babo bengabaqhubi beenqwelomoya.
"UCaptain Harris ungumzekelo phakathi kwabantu base-Afrika baseMelika abaye balandela amanyathelo akhe ukuze basebenze kwishishini leenqwelo-moya zorhwebo," kusho uCaptain Mark Hettermann, umqhubi we-American Airlines. "Iminyaka yakhe engama-30 yenkonzo yokuzinikela kufuneka ibe yinkuthazo kubo bonke abantu baseMelika - ama-Afrika aseMelika kunye nokunye."
Iqela labanye abasebenzi abakhoyo ngoku nabangaphambili beAmerican Airlines nabo baya kufumana iwonga elikhethekileyo ngomsebenzi wabo obalaseleyo wokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, kuquka noJoan Dorsey, owaba ngumlindi wokuqala wenqwelomoya wase-Afrika-waseMelika. UDorsey wathatha umhlala-phantsi kwi-American Airlines ngo-1999 emva kweminyaka engaphezu kwe-36 yenkonzo.
Yasekwa ngo-1976, uMbutho wabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya eziMnyama, Inc. ngumbutho ongenzi nzuzo ozinikele ekwandiseni inani labantu base-Afrika baseMelika kunye nabasetyhini abaqeshwe kushishino lwe-aerospace. Ikomkhulu eSilver Spring, eMaryland, injongo ye-OBAP kukulungiselela abantu abatsha ukuba baqonde ikamva eliyimpumelelo kwishishini le-aerospace ngokusebenzisa amathuba emfundo, iingcebiso kunye neeprojekthi ze-aerospace.
