I-Alexandria - i-ASTA, i-Business Travel Coalition (BTC), i-Interactive Travel Services Alliance (ITSA) kunye ne-National Tour Association (NTA) namhlanje iphendule kwiingxelo zabaphathi abakhulu be-Southwest Airlines kunye ne-Continental Airlines njengoko kuchazwe kwi-Travel Weekly izolo, ukuba, ngokufanelekileyo, abananjongo yokwamkela umgaqo-nkqubo osanda kubhengezwa yi-United Airlines ukuba batshintshe iindleko zomrhwebi kubathengi.
Kwingxelo ekhutshwe namhlanje, uMongameli we-ASTA kunye noSihlalo uChris Russo uthe:
Siyaziqhwabela izandla iinkcazo ezenziwe lilizwekazi kunye noMzantsi-ntshona. Ukunyaniseka kwabo kuyaxatyiswa, naxa kunxulunyaniswa nezilumkiso eziqhelekileyo ezinxulumene neenkampani ezibanjwa esidlangalaleni ezenza iingxelo ezijonge phambili. Kukutolikwa okufanelekileyo kwamagqabaza abo ukuba akukho nkampani yeenqwelo moya ibona ixabiso kumgaqo-nkqubo we-United Airlines kwaye akukho njongo yakukwamkela. Iiarhente zokuhamba ziye zafuna umqondiso othile wokuba iingxaki zabathengi kunye ne-arhente yokuhamba ezenziwe ngumgaqo-nkqubo wokudlula ziyaqondwa, kwaye kubonakala ngathi ezi nkokheli zimbini zeshishini "ziyayifumana."
Ngelishwa, ezi ngxelo, ngelixa zamkelekile kwaye zikhuthaza, aziwubeki umcimbi. Logama nje ezinye iinqwelomoya zithe cwaka kulo mba, asinakukhetha ngaphandle kokuqhubeka nephulo lethu kwiCongress yeengxoxo zokuvavanya izisombululo zosongelo olubekwe kubathengi kunye neearhente zokuhamba. I-ASTA kunye namalungu ayo baye basebenza nzima ukufundisa amalungu eCongress malunga nalo mbandela kwaye bafuna, kwaye banethemba lokufumana, iingxoxo ezisemthethweni kuzo zombini izindlu zeCongress ukujongana neenguqu zomthetho eziyimfuneko ukucima umonakalo wokusasazeka kokudlula. -ngemigaqo-nkqubo iya kumisela. Siza kuqhubeka nalo mlo womdla wamalungu ethu kunye nabathengi bawo ukuba nje ukumiselwa kwale migaqo-nkqubo kuhlala kusigrogriso.
NgoJuni 26, 2009, i-United Airlines yaqalisa ngokuzolileyo ukubonelela ngee-arhente zokuhamba ezikhethiweyo kwilizwe lonke ngesaziso esingaphantsi kwenyanga enye ukuba, ukusebenza nge-20 kaJulayi, abasayi kuphinda bavunyelwe ukusebenzisa i-akhawunti yomthengisi ye-United ukuthengisa itikiti lekhadi. Endaweni yoko, iiarhente ziya kunyanzelwa ukuba zifumane kwaye zisebenzise iiakhawunti zazo zabarhwebi kwaye zizinze nenkampani yenqwelomoya ngemali. Loo mhla wokugqibela uye wandiswa iintsuku ezingama-60 ngesicelo samalungu eCongress. Ekunqumleni ii-arhente zokuhamba kwi-akhawunti yomthengisi, uninzi lwezo arhente zokuhamba ziya kunyanzelwa ukuba ziphume kwishishini, ngelixa abo banako ukuvula iiakhawunti zomthengisi ngokwabo baya kunyanzelwa ukuba bagqithise iimali ezongezelelweyo kubaxhasi babo. Kumazwe ali-10, nangona kunjalo, umthetho awubavumeli abathengisi ukuba bagqithise iintlawulo zamakhadi okuthenga ngetyala kubathengi.
I-ASTA kunye namahlakani ayo- i-Business Travel Coalition, i-Interactive Travel Services Alliance kunye ne-National Tour Association- iya kwazisa abasebenzi be-Congressional kunye noshicilelo malunga nophuhliso lwakutsha kulo mbandela ngo-10: 00AM ET ngoLwesibini, ngoSeptemba 1 kwiGumbi le-121 Isakhiwo seOfisi yeCannon House eWashington, DC. Esi siganeko siyinxalenye yeenzame eziqhubekayo zamaqela zokukhuthaza iCongress ukuba ibize ukuva ukuva ukujonga nzulu kwizenzo ze-United kunye nemiphumo emibi ezi zenzo ezinokuthi zibe nazo kwishishini le-arhente yokuhamba kunye nabathengi. Amalungu alishumi elinesixhenxe eCongress kunye neesenenja ezimbini babhalele ubunkokeli be-United ukuba babonise inkxalabo yabo malunga nefuthe lalo mgaqo-nkqubo omtsha kunye nokucela ukuba i-United ibambezele ukuphunyezwa komgaqo-nkqubo ukwenzela ukunika iCongress ixesha lokufunda umba kunye nokwenza impendulo efanelekileyo.
