Abaphandi be-Federal babekwe ngoLwesibini ukuba batyhola ikhonkco leempazamo ze-cockpit kwingozi ebulalayo yenqwelomoya yabahambi kufutshane neBuffalo, NY, ngoFebruwari ophelileyo. Kodwa abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya, iingcali zokhuseleko kunye namagosa enkampani abavumelani malunga nokuba ingakanani na i-Colgan Air Inc. ethwala abakhweli ukusukela oko ukulwa nomba ophambili wokudinwa komqhubi wenqwelomoya.
Ukusilela okuzingisileyo kokhuseleko lwenqwelomoya kunye nokuthomalalisa ukongamela kukarhulumente-ngaphezu kokudinwa komqhubi wenqwelomoya-kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuchazwe yiBhodi yeSizwe yoKhuseleko lwezoThutho njengezona zinto ziphambili kwingozi eyabulala abantu abangama-50, ngokutsho kweshishini kunye namagosa karhulumente.
Iyunithi ye-Pinnacle Airlines Corp. ukususela ngo-2007, u-Colgan uthe uzibuyisele ngokupheleleyo kwimbono yokhuseleko, ukungenisa iinkqubo zokunciphisa umngcipheko kunye nokugungqa ulawulo lwayo ukuze lubambe ngcono ekusebenzeni.
Abagxeki ababandakanya abaqhubi beenqwelomoya kunye neengcali zokhuseleko lwangaphandle bathi inqwelomoya, eyaziwa ngesimbo sayo solawulo oluqinileyo kunye nokuqhutywa kwangaphambili kunye nabalawuli bakarhulumente, isabonakala izimisele ukucinezela abasebenzi ukuba babhabhe iiyure ezongezelelekileyo ngelixa besohlwaya abo bakhalazela ukhukuliseko lokhuseleko. , isityholo uColgan uyasiphika. Aba bagxeki baphikisa ngelithi abaphathi baseColgan basabambelele kwisimo sengqondo esohlwaya ngokugqithisileyo xa kufikelela kubaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abafowunela abagulayo okanye baxelele abaphathi ukuba badinwe kakhulu ukuba bangabhabha.
Kwiinyanga emva kokwamkela oko inkampani ikuchaze “njengemibuzo engabuzwayo” kubaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abacela ukukhutshwa kuhambo olucwangcisiweyo, abaphathi beColgan ekupheleni kukaDisemba batshintshela kumgca ongqongqo.
Ingxelo eya kubaqhubi beenqwelo-moya yathi “imfonomfono [yokudinwa] ngoku ininzi ngoku.” Igqibe kwelokuba “ukusetyenziswa kakubi ngokuphandle” kwezicelo zexesha lekhefu “ngeendleko zabathengi bethu kunye nokuthembeka kwethu ekusebenzeni asiyonkqubo eyamkelekileyo,” kwaye kuya kukhokelela kwisohlwayo esikhawulezileyo.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya kwiveki ephelileyo iphinde yabuyisela umva kumgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokudinwa, ibuyisela ezinye zezinto abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abakholelwa ukuba azikho ngqongqo, kodwa akucaci ngokuchanekileyo ukuba le mithetho mitsha iya kuphunyezwa nini.
Akukacaci ukuba yintoni eyabangela ukuba inkampani itshintshe. Isithethi saseColgan sathi ngeCawe ngeCawe ngentsebenziswano neenkokeli zemibutho yomqhubi wenqwelomoya, utshintsho lwamva nje lwaseka ibhodi yokuphonononga ukuba kutheni iinqwelomoya zifowuna zidiniwe. Isithethi sikaJoe Williams sathi: “Asijongi ekohlwayeni abantu, kodwa kunoko “ekuncedeni siqonde izizathu” zeminxeba enjalo nokuba uhlengahlengiso locwangciso okanye amanye amanyathelo anokuyithomalalisa le ngxaki.
Ezinye iinkokeli zemibutho yokulinga kunye neengcali zokhuseleko zithi imithetho, njengoko ihlaziyiwe, isesohlwaya ngenxa yokuba abaphathi abakhange baziguqule izikhokelo zangaphakathi zokuvavanya ukuba semthethweni kwezikhalazo zokudinwa.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya bathi abanye abathwali beenqwelo-moya baye bafumana iindlela zokuhlangabezana neenkxalabo ezifanayo—yaye bakwazi ukunciphisa iingozi zokudinwa—ngaphandle kokusongela okanye ukohlwaya ngokungafanelekanga abasebenzi.
Iinqwelo-moya ezininzi, umzekelo, zinemigaqo engqongqo egxininisa ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abacela ukususwa kuhambo ngenxa yokudinwa abayi kujongana nesohlwayo okanye bachongwe ngabaphathi.
I-Federal Aviation Administration iye yavelisa iinqwelo-moya ezinkulu ukunceda ukwandisa ukhuseleko lwabakhweli abakhweli abahamba ngeendlela ezithile phantsi kwamagama abo. Ukanti uMark Rosenker, owayesakuba ngusihlalo webhodi yezokhuseleko, uthe "ishishini aliqhubeli phambili kule ndawo."
I-Colgan, neqela leenqwelo-moya ezingama-48, ibhabha egameni le-UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, US Airways Group Inc. kunye ne-Continental Airlines Corp. Inqwelomoya yengozi ngobusuku obunekhephu ebutsheni bonyaka ophelileyo yayimele i-Continental Flight 3407.
U-Colgan uye wanyusa imigangatho yokuqesha kunye nokunyuswa, egxininisa ubuncinane kwiiyure ze-1,000 zamava angaphambili okuhamba ngeenqwelo-moya kubaqhubi abatsha, kunye neeyure ze-3,250 kumphathi we-Q400, inqwelomoya eyaphahlazeka. Ezinye iimfuno zamava ziphindwe kathathu into ebeziyiyo ngaphambi kwengozi. Kamva kule nyanga, inkampani iza kuhlola ubuchwephesha obuphindwe kabini ngonyaka kubo bonke abaqhubi beenqwelomoya, into ethi uColgan ayikho enye inqwelomoya yase-US eyenziwayo.
UColgan ukwahlengahlengise ulawulo, uhlengahlengiso loqeqesho lomqhubi wenqwelomoya ukuze abakhweli beenqwelo-moya bakulungele ngakumbi ukumelana nezitali okanye iindlela ezingaqhelekanga zokulawula inqwelo-moya, kwaye wathembisa ukujongana ngokuqatha neengozi zokhuseleko ngaphambi kokuba zikhokelele kwiingozi.
Kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo, iColgan kunye nabaqhubi bayo baye bagqibezela umba wesivumelwano-esifana neso sikhoyo iminyaka emininzi kubathuthi abaninzi-ukuvavanya ngokudibeneyo iinkcukacha zesiganeko ezikhutshelweyo kwiirekhoda zedatha yenqwelomoya ngaphandle kokohlwaya abaqhubi ababandakanyekayo.
Isithethi sePinnacle sathi uhlengahlengiso lolawulo lusendleleni ukuze luhambelane nokufuduka kukaColgan okucwangcisiweyo ngaphambili eMemphis, eTenn., Apho iPinnacle isekelwe khona, ukusuka kwikomkhulu langaphambili laseColgan eManassas, Va. Olu tshintsho lwalujongwe “ngokukodwa ukuze kuzuze wonke umntu kunye. ukwenza izigqibo ezingcono kunye nonxibelelwano,” ngokutsho kwesithethi. Amagosa aphezulu e-Colgan ngoku anokugxila “kukhuseleko kuphela, kwimisebenzi ethembekileyo,” utshilo, ngelixa imali kunye neminye imisebenzi yenkxaso iye yadityaniswa kubume beshishini lePinnacle.
"Iqela labaphathi likaColgan belikwimeko yotshintsho," utshilo uKapteni Mark Segaloff, usihlalo wombutho wasekuhlaleni wokulinga. “Usemkhulu umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe.”
Ngaphandle kwembali yokruthakruthwano phakathi kwabaphathi beColgan kunye nabameli bomqhubi wemanyano, abanye abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseColgan kutshanje bancome inkampani ngokuphucula uqeqesho kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelomoya ababini abanamava abelwanga kwinqwelomoya enye.
Akukho mpikiswano malunga nento yokuba uKapteni waseColgan uMarvin Renslow uvumele isantya se-twin-injini ye-turboprop ukuba sehle ngokuyingozi xa isondela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, kwaye emva koko wasilela ukusabela ngokufanelekileyo kwizilumkiso zestali esizayo.
