IFlyersRights.orgeyona inkulu umkhweli wenqwelo-moya Umbutho, ngo-Okthobha u-4 wafaka impendulo emfutshane kwi-Flight Delay Compensation Notice kwi-DC Circuit Court yezibheno ngokuchasene ne-US Department of Transportation.
Isivumelwano saseMontreal, isivumelwano esilawula ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwamazwe aphesheya, siqinisekisa ngembuyekezo yabakhweli ngokungahambisi siphoso kwimisitho efana nokulibaziseka kwenqwelomoya, ukufa, ukonzakala, kunye nelahleko yempahla okanye umonakalo. Ngokwenqaku lesi-3 lesi sivumelwano, iinqwelomoya ziya kunika isaziso esoneleyo sokuba abakhweli banelungelo lokufumana imbuyekezo ngenxa yokulibaziseka kwenqwelo-moya
Ngokugxotha iflyersRights.org yokwenza uxwebhu lwezikhalazo, iSebe lezoThutho laseMelika i-DOT yagqiba kwelokuba abakhweli baziswe ngokwaneleyo ngamalungelo eNgqungquthela yaseMontreal kwaye bekungafuneki ukuba baligunyazise igunya labo lokukhusela abakhweli ngokuthintela ukungalunganga okanye ukukhohlisa.
UPaul Hudson, uMongameli weFlyersRights.org, ucacisile "Iinqwelomoya zikwazisa kuphela ukuba imbuyekezo ingancitshiswa, ngaphandle kokuchaza inani lokulibaziseka kwembuyekezo (ukuya kuthi ga kwi-6450 yeedola), indlela yokufumana imbuyekezo, okanye ukuba isivumelwano sigqitha ngaphezulu kwawo nawuphi na umgaqo ochaseneyo ikhontrakthi yenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya. Iinkampani zeenqwelo-moya ziyingcwaba le nkcazelo ngemvumelwano eshinyeneyo kwizivumelwano zokuhamba kwiiwebhusayithi zabo, ukuze uninzi lwabakhweli lungazi malunga nokulibaziseka kwamalungelo embuyiselo kuhambo lwamazwe aphesheya. ”
Ngokuchasene nokuchazwa kweSebe lezoThutho laseMelika, iFlyers Rights Education Fund, Inc.inokuma okuhle ngenxa yokuba amalungu ayo asebenzisana neenkokheli zombutho, zikhokela imisebenzi yombutho kwaye zidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuxhaseni imisebenzi yombutho. Ngaphaya koko, irekhodi eliphambi kwale Nkundla libonisa, kwaye i-DOT ayibonakali ngathi iyaphikisana, nokuba lilungu elinye leFlyersRights, uLeopold de Beer, wonzakala ngokwenyani ngenxa yokungabikho kolwazi olwaneleyo lwamalungelo abakhweli, phantsi kweNgqungquthela yaseMontreal, kwimbuyekezo ukulibaziseka kuhambo lomoya lwamazwe aphesheya.
Kwizinto ezifanelekileyo, i-DOT iyaphikisana, okokuqala, ukuba iinqwelo-moya zikhankanya ulwimi oluchazayo lwendibano yesiVumelwano saseMontreal kwizivumelwano zabo zenqwelomoya kwaye kufuneka baphindaphinde ulwimi olufanayo kwizaziso ezikwiitikiti nakwiikhawuntari zamatikiti.
Kodwa olu lwimi luchaza kuphela ukuba kukho isivumelwano kwaye sithintela uxanduva lweenqwelo moya. Ulwimi aluthethi kwanto malunga nobukho okanye uhlobo lwamalungelo abakhweli kwimbuyekezo yokulibaziseka. Ukuthembela kwe-DOT kolu lwimi njengesiseko sokuqukumbela ukuba iimfuno zokuxela ezaneleyo ngoku akubonakalisi ukuqiqa.
Okwesibini, i-DOT ithi ubungqina bokudideka kwabathengi oboniswe yiFlyersRights abonelanga. Obona bungqina buphambili, nangona kunjalo, izivumelwano zenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya, ethi ngobuso bayo ifihle kwaye ifihle uhlobo lwamalungelo abakhweli bamanye amazwe kwimbuyekezo yokulibaziseka. I-DOT iphakamisa ukuba ulwimi olufanelekileyo luvunyiwe yi-arhente kwaye iyabubona ubukho bamalungelo abakhweli. Kodwa kwisigqibo sayo sokukhanyela uXwebhu loMthetho, iDOT ayiphumelelanga ukuqaphela ukuba izivumelwano zokuhamba azibazisi ngokuchanekileyo okanye ngokwaneleyo abakhweli ngemeko yamalungelo abo.
Okubaluleke nangakumbi kukuba, i-DOT ihoye nje ulwimi oluphikisanayo noludidayo kwezi nkontileka -ulwimi ngenjongo ebonakalayo kunye nefuthe lababhidisi abakhweli nokubathintela ekuqondeni uhlobo lwamalungelo abo.
Okokugqibela, i-DOT isilele ukubonelela nangasiphi na isizathu esisiso sesigqibo sayo sokulawula ukuvezwa kolwazi malunga nembuyekezo yempahla elahlekileyo okanye eyonakeleyo, kodwa hayi ukulibaziseka kwabahambi.
Ngezi zizathu, isigqibo se-DOT khange siqiqwe. Ixhomekeke kwizibakala-ulwimi ekucingelwa ukuba ngokwenyani luxelela abakhweli malunga namalungelo abo-ezingekhoyo kwaye ke azikho kwirekhodi. Kwaye iarhente ayichazanga ukuba yeyiphi na imigaqo-nkqubo ukuba ikhona, isisiseko sesigqibo sayo sokuvumela ezi zinto zikhohlisayo nezilahlekisayo zeenqwelomoya.
Cofa apha Ukukhuphela inkundla ngokugcwalisa zonke iimpikiswano.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Further, the record before this Court demonstrates, and DOT does not appear to dispute, that at least one FlyersRights member, Leopold de Beer, suffered an injury in fact from the lack of adequate disclosure of passenger rights, under the Montreal Convention, to compensation for delay in international air travel.
- Kwizinto ezifanelekileyo, i-DOT iyaphikisana, okokuqala, ukuba iinqwelo-moya zikhankanya ulwimi oluchazayo lwendibano yesiVumelwano saseMontreal kwizivumelwano zabo zenqwelomoya kwaye kufuneka baphindaphinde ulwimi olufanayo kwizaziso ezikwiitikiti nakwiikhawuntari zamatikiti.
- The airlines bury the information in dense legalese in lengthy contracts of carriage on their websites, so that the overwhelming majority of passengers are unaware of their delay compensation rights on international trips.
