Abamele iinkampani zabo zeenqwelo moya nguRobert Schroeter, uSekela Mongameli oPhezulu kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo leFrontier Airlines, kunye noMatthew Klein, uSekela Mongameli oLawulayo kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo kwi-Spirit Airlines. Bobabini abalawuli bebejongene nemibuzo enzima malunga nemigaqo-nkqubo ekhuthaza abasebenzi ukuba bahlawulise abakhweli ngemithwalo ethathwa njengenkulu kakhulu, rhoqo ngeendlela ezibambisa abahambi ngaphandle kwesango.
U-Hawley, ebonakala ekhathazekile, wachaza ukuba ezi nqwelomoya zimbini zihlawule abasebenzi bazo i-26 yezigidi zeedola ezidityanisiweyo ngo-2022 nango-2023 ngokunyanzelisa imigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yemithwalo. Ezi bhonasi, wathi, zikhuthaza ngokufanelekileyo abasebenzi beenqwelo moya ukuba babeke phambili ukutsala imali eyongezelelweyo kubakhweli kunokuba bakhuthaze amava okuhamba amnandi. “Nihlawula abasebenzi benu kwiingxowa zamapolisa endaweni yokusebenzela abathengi. Asiyonkonzo leyo; Kukothuka,” utshilo uHawley. “Ukubhabha kwiinqwelo-moya zakho kubi. Ngamava amabi, yiyo loo nto.”
Ukongeza isithuko kukwenzakala, uSchroeter noKlein bobabini bafumana imivuzo emikhulu—uSchroeter urhola imali eqikelelwa kwi-2.4 yezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka, ngoxa imbuyekezo kaKlein ingaphezu kwe-2.8 yezigidi zeerandi. Ukugxeka kuka-Hawley kuye kwanda ngakumbi xa kukhankanywa la manani, kuqaqambisa umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwentlawulo yesigqeba kunye namava okuhamba abakhweli bemihla ngemihla. “Kubonakala ngathi ekuphela kwento iinkampani zakho ziselubala malunga nendlela ozifaka kakuhle ngayo iipokotho zakho ngelixa i-nickel-and-diming uluntu,” utshilo uHawley.
Ukubawa Ngaphezulu Kwenkonzo
Ukuthethwa kwetyala kwaveza umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwamabango eenqwelo-moya zokubonelela ngeendlela zokuhamba ezifikelelekayo kunye nenyani abakhweli abajongene nayo, abasoloko befumana imali eyothusayo esangweni. I-Frontier kunye ne-Spirit, iinkampani zeenqwelomoya ezimbini ezidume kakubi ngendlela yazo "yokungabi namali", zithethelela ezi ntlawulo njengenxalenye yemodeli yeshishini labo, ekuthiwa libavumela ukuba babonelele ngexabiso eliphantsi. Nangona kunjalo, isenzo sokuvuza abasebenzi ngokunyanzelisa ezi ntlawulo sizoba umfanekiso okhathazayo weshishini elijongene nokucudisa iingeniso kunokuqinisekisa ubulungisa.
“Akwanelanga ukuba abakhweli bahlawule itikiti labo,” waqhubeka uHawley. “Ngoku, benziwa i-nickel-and-dimed ngokuphatha ibhegi enokuba yi-intshi enkulu kakhulu. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, iinqwelo-moya zakho zijike iiarhente zamasango ukuba zibe ngabazingeli abanesisa.”
“Oku akuthethwa ngokhuseleko okanye ukusebenza kakuhle—kukubawa.”
Yongeza amafutha emlilweni, i-Air Canada ibhengeze kule veki ukuba izakuqala ukuhlawulisa abakhweli kwiingxowa ezinkulu ezithwalayo ukuba bakhetha elona xabiso liphantsi lokukhwela kwiindlela zaseMntla Melika naseCaribbean, ukuqala. January 3, 2025. Eli nyathelo libonwa ngabaninzi njengelinge lokuzama ukuthelekisa ukubawa nokuziphatha okubi okuboniswa ziinqwelo-moya zase-US. Kungathi i-Air Canada ijonge izenzo ezilihlazo ezivezwa kwi-Senate yase-US kwaye yathi, "Bamba isiselo sam."
Ewe, iinqwelomoya ngoku zibonakala ngathi zithatha iindlela ezithandwa yiUnited Healthcare, elinye ishishini elidume ngokucudisa inzuzo ngeendleko zabathengi bemihla ngemihla.
Akulunganga kubakhweli
Ukugxekwa kweSenator kuhambelana nabahambi abaninzi abaye bafumana uxinzelelo kunye nokuthotywa kokunyanzeliswa ukuba bahlawule imali eninzi kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba bakhwele inqwelomoya. Ezi zenzo zichaphazela ngokungafanelekanga abakhweli abakhathalela uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali, abasoloko bekhetha abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yokufikeleleka kwabo ngokwentengiso. U-Hawley waxoxa ukuba amaqhinga eenqwelo-moya abonisa ukunqongophala kwengqibelelo, ejongela phantsi ukuthembana kwabathengi.
“Ujolise kubantu abangakwaziyo ukuhlawula le mali,” utshilo uHawley. “Iintsapho, abafundi, abantu abadala abamkela imivuzo emiselweyo—ngabo abathwele ubunzima boku. Kwaye isisombululo sakho kukuzibamba emqolo kwaye ukhuphe iibhonasi kubasebenzi abanyanzelisa oko? Lihlazo.”
Umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha we-Air Canada ubonisa ngakumbi umkhwa ochuliweyo weenqwelomoya ezixhaphaza abakhweli phantsi komfanekiso “wokungafihli nto.” Endaweni yokujongana neenkxalabo eziphakanyiswe ngabemi bomthetho nabakhweli ngokufanayo, eli shishini libonakala liphinda-phinda ukunyoluka kwalo. Ezo zenzo ziphelisa ukuthembana yaye zenza uhambo ngenqwelo-moya lube yingozi ngakumbi kumhambi oqhelekileyo.
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Olu vavanyo lugxininisa inkxalabo ekhulayo ye-bipartisan malunga nezakhiwo zomrhumo weshishini leenqwelomoya, kunye nabaqulunqi bezomthetho bebiza amanyathelo olawulo ukukhusela abathengi. Umbuzo obukhali ka-Hawley ubonisa ukuphoxeka okubanzi kwishishini elithe, ngaphandle kokufumana inkxaso ebalulekileyo yabarhafi ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19, liqhubeke nokuphumeza imigaqo-nkqubo ebonwa njengexhaphaza.
Njengoko uphando luqhubeka, kukho uxinzelelo olukhulayo lokuba iinkampani zeenqwelo moya ziphinde zivavanye iindlela zazo zokuhlawulela kwaye zibeke phambili ukungafihli kunye nobulungisa ngaphezu kwemida yenzuzo. Intetho evuthayo ka-Hawley isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba ukunyoluka kwenkampani okungenakunqandwa akusayi kuphawulwa-kwaye umlo wamalungelo abathengi usekude uphele.