Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya eDelta Air Lines kunye neNorthwest Airlines ngokucacileyo abakalilahlanga ithemba lesisombululo esiya kuphinda sivule iingxoxo zokudityaniswa ziphazamisekile ziiyantlukwano malunga nendlela yokudibanisa uluhlu lwabo lwabadala bemanyano phantsi komthwali odityanisiweyo.
Uxinzelelo lukhona kumaqela amabini okulinga ukuba ayile isicwangciso sokuxuba uluhlu. NgoLwesihlanu, uMongameli weDelta u-Ed Bastian uthe umntu ophetheyo akanayo “iPlan B” ukuba iingxoxo ezidityanisiweyo noMntla-ntshona ziyahlukana. Ekuqaleni kweveki, u-Bastian kunye ne-CEO uRichard Anderson bakhuphe imemo kubasebenzi besithi inqwelomoya iya kuqhubeka nokusebenza ngokwayo ukuba iingxoxo aziphumeleli. Inqaku elifanayo laphuma kwi-CEO yaseMntla-ntshona uDouglas Steenland kubasebenzi bakhe.
Omabini amaqela abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baye bavumelana ngepakethe yeebhiliyoni ezi-2 zeerandi ezibandakanya umvuzo othe kratya, isabelo sokulingana kwinkampani edibeneyo kunye nesihlalo kwibhodi yabalawuli. Ekuphela kwendawo ephikisanayo ethintela abaqhubi beenqwelomoya ukuba badibane kukukhula, eyona nto ibalulekileyo kuba imisela umvuzo, ukuba zeziphi iinqwelomoya kunye neendlela abaqhubi ababhabha ngazo kunye nalapho bahlala khona.
“Umbhodamo ubonakala useMntla-ntshona [isahluko sombutho womqhubi wenqwelomoya]. [Isahluko] sethu sonwabe kakhulu ngemiqathango, ”uMichael Dunn, umqhubi wenqwelomoya oseSalt Lake City eseDelta, utshilo uLwesihlanu.
Nangona kukho umqobo, akukho mntu ubonakala ekulungele ukubhengeza ukuba kudityaniswa kufile. Iimpawu ezimbalwa ezintle zavela ekupheleni kweveki edlulileyo zibonisa ukuba amaqela omqhubi azama ukuqalisa kwakhona iingxoxo, eziqhawule ngoFebruwari 21.
NgoLwesine, iqela labakhweli beenqwelomoya baseMntla-ntshona bathumele isibhengezo bevuma ukuba ubungangamsha busaqhubeka bungumqobo obathintela ekwamkeleni iDelta-Northwest tie-up. Kodwa iqela, elinganxulumananga nesahluko esiseMntla-ntshona soMbutho waBakhweli beenqwelomoya, lathi kusengenzeka ukuba lo mbandela ugqitywe.
“Oko kungangcono kuba ukusilela ukwenza oko kuya kuthetha ilahleko enkulu yamathuba ezoqoqosho kubo bonke,” batsho abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseMntla-ntshona.
Kwangolo suku lunye, i-Associated Press yabika ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseMntla-ntshona bayaqhubeka bekhangela indlela eyamkelekileyo yokudibanisa uluhlu lwabantu abadala. Akucaci ukuba abaxoxisi abavela kuzo zombini izahluko ze-ALPA baya kuhlangana kwakhona, kodwa akukho nto ibonisa ukuba abayi kuqhubeka bezama, i-AP yathi, icaphuna umntu onolwazi ngale meko.
Iimvakalelo ezinzulu abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseMntla-ntshona abanazo kubukhulu bachazwe ngolwesiThathu ngabanye abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseSeattle. Kuhlaziyo olubhaliweyo malunga nenkqubela phambili yeentetho, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bathi owona mahluko mkhulu phakathi kwabo “namanye amaqela anokubakho” kukuba phantse ikota yabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abangama-4,800 baseMntla-ntshona baya kuba neminyaka engama-60 kwiminyaka emihlanu. Nangona iminyaka yokuthatha umhlala-phantsi isinyanzelo sele iza kutshintsha ibe ngama-65, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseMntla-ntshona basinda ekubhangisweni kunye nomhlalaphantsi wabo weminyaka engama-60 ubukhulu becala kwaye uninzi kulindeleke ukuba bathathe umhlala phantsi ngaphambi kweminyaka engama-65.
Oko kuvula indlela yokuba abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abancinci baseMntla-ntshona banyuke ngokukhawuleza kuluhlu lwezikhululo zenqwelomoya, into enokuthi yenzeke ukuba baxutywe kubasebenzi abancinci benqwelomoya edityanisiweyo, batsho oomoya.
“Ukuhla kwisihlalo okanye ezibini ngenxa yokulahleka, ubungangamsha obudityanisiweyo kunokucima ngokulula ukunyuswa kwemivuzo, ngakumbi ukuba inkampani edityanisiweyo ihlawula ngaphezulu kwendlela yayo yokubuyela ekubhangisweni. Ngaphandle kolungelelwaniso ngokutsha, iDelta yinqwelomoya engasebenziyo, ”umqhubi wenqwelomoya waseMntla-ntshona uxelele I-Salt Lake Tribune.
Nokuba kufikelelwe kwifomula yokudibanisa uluhlu lwabantu abadala, ukudibanisa amaqela amabini okulingayo kuya kuhlala kungumngeni. I-US Airways kunye ne-America West zidityanisiwe ngoSeptemba 2005. Kwiinyanga ezingamashumi amabini anesithoba emva koko, i-US Airways edibeneyo ayizange idibanise ngokupheleleyo izintlu ezimbini eziphezulu, inyanzelisa ukuba iqhubeke nokusebenza, ngandlela-thile, njengabathuthi ababini.
Mhlawumbi ngokuxelayo, iDelta kunye noMntla-ntshona bangena kwi-bankruptcy kwangaloo nyanga inye ukudityaniswa kwe-US Airways-America West kwabhengezwa okokuqala. Kuthathe ixesha elincinci ukuba iDelta kunye noMntla-ntshona zilungelelanise kwakhona kwaye ziphume kwi-bankruptcy, eyenzeke kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
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