Kwileta eya ku IGqwetha Jikelele laseMelika UMerrick Garland, Delta Air Lines I-CEO u-Ed Bastian ufune ukuyilwa koluhlu olutsha lwe-'no-fly' oluza kuvala bonke abakhweli abangxolayo nabanobundlongondlongo kwiinqwelomoya zorhwebo.
Iinqwelomoya zase-US zibone i-spike kwiiflaya ezingacwangciswanga ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhani we-COVID-19, kukho iividiyo ezininzi ezihamba ngeentsholongwane zabahambi ngeenqwelomoya besiya kumlo othetha ngomlomo nangomzimba ngenxa yemiyalelo yemaski kunye neminye imiqobo enxulumene nobhubhane.
Kwi-2021, i Ulawulo lwezoLawulo lwezoPhapho (i-FAA) barekhode phantse iimeko ezingama-6,000 zokungalawuleki kunye nokuphazamiseka kokuziphatha kwabakhweli, ngaphezulu kwe-70% enxulumene nemigaqo ye-COVID-19 efana nokufihla. Ngo-2022, sele kukho abakhweli abaphazamisayo abangama-323.
Delta I-CEO icele urhulumente wase-US ukuba athathe amanyathelo "aya kunceda ukuthintela izehlo ezizayo kwaye asebenze njengophawu oluqinileyo lweziphumo zokungathobeli imiyalelo yabasebenzi kwinqwelomoya yorhwebo."
U-Bastian ukwathe uluhlu lwangoku lwe-'no-fly' luqulathe i-subset yabantu ababonwa ngurhulumente wase-US njengosoyikiso kuphapho loluntu.
Ngoku ka Delta I-CEO, abantu abali-1,900 babekwe kuluhlu lweDelta Air Lines 'lokungabhabha' ngenxa yokwala ukuthobela imiyalelo yenqwelomoya, efana nokufihla ubuso. Ngaphezulu kwe-900 yaloo magama anikwe uLawulo loKhuseleko lwezoThutho (TSA) kwizohlwayo ezinokubakho kwixesha elizayo.
Ngo-2021, uMongameli wase-US uJoe Biden wayalela ukuba iSebe lezoBulungisa "lijongane" nokunyuka kweziganeko kwiinqwelomoya.
NgoNovemba, US AG Garland ibhengeze ukuba isebe lizakubeka phambili ukutshutshisa abakhweli abalwayo, besithi babeka isoyikiso “kumntu wonke okhwele inqwelomoya”.