Umthwali weSizwe i-Air India (AI) kusenokwenzeka ukuba inqumamise ukusebenza kwayo, ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe, ukusukela ezinzulwini zobusuku ngoMvulo ukuya nge-15 ka-Okthobha.
Iingxoxo phakathi kwabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abaphazamisayo kunye nabaphathi beenqwelomoya aziphumelelanga ngoMvulo. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ayithathi naluphi na ubhukisho olutsha.
Umyalelo osemthethweni wokumisa iinqwelomoya kulindeleke kungekudala, igosa eliphezulu le-AI lathi. “Nangona kunjalo, oku akufanelanga kubizwe ngokuba kukutshixa,” wongeze watsho.
Inkulumbuso, uManmohan Singh uthethe nomphathiswa wezoPhapho kuluntu uPraful Patel, evakalisa inkxalabo ngale meko, igosa lezophapho lwasekuhlaleni lathi.
"Imeko imbi kakhulu," u-Arvind Jadhav, uSihlalo we-Air India kunye noMlawuli oLawulayo uxelele iHindustan Times. U-Jadhav ukhokele iqela labalawuli elibambe iingxoxo nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abaphazamisekileyo. “Abaphathi balungele uthethathethwano olungaphaya,” utshilo.
Kodwa wayecacile ukuba akusayi kuphinda kuthotywe ukuncipha kwenkuthazo ebekiweyo.
“Wonke umqeshwa kuya kufuneka athathe ikhefu ukuba sifuna ukugcina inqwelo moya iqhuba,” utshilo.
Kwisityholo sabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya sokuba bebengekayifumani imali yabo yenkuthazo kangangeenyanga ezintathu, uthe: “Zonke iimali ebezifuneka de kube nguAgasti sele zihlawulwe yaye kuye kwasekwa ikomiti eza kuqwalasela izikhalazo zokwenene zabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya.”
Esi sisihlandlo sokuqala ukusukela ngo-1970 ukuba inkampani yeenqwelomoya iye kukuvalwa.
“Inqwelomoya ayizukuba nayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokunqumamisa ukusebenza kuba abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abaxeleli emsebenzini. Sinokusebenza njani ukuba azihambi iinqwelo-moya?” watsho uJadhav
Ukusukela ngolwesiHlanu, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abalawulayo kwinqwelomoya “bexela ukuba bayagula” befuna ukubuyiselwa kwesisikelo kwisibonelelo sabo sokubhabha. Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bathi ukucuthwa kwesibonelelo sokubhabha kubashiye nesine somvuzo wabo - ngaphantsi kwe-Rs 6,000 ngenyanga kwezinye iimeko.
“Ukuma kwethu kuhlala kunjalo kwaye uqhanqalazo luyaqhubeka,” utshilo uKapteni womqhubi wenqwelomoya u-VK Bhalla okhokela isiphithiphithi kwiqela labaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abalawulayo be-AI. “Usihlalo akazange akwazi ukuziphendulela kwizinto ezisixhalabisayo. Wacela kuphela ukuseka iikomiti zayo yonke into. ”
