E-WASHINGTON - Intloko ye-Federal Aviation Administration ithe ngoLwesithathu ukuba imithetho engqongqo karhulumente kunye nokuqiniswa kokuzimela kweshishini kuyafuneka ukuze kuphuculwe ukhuseleko kwinqwelomoya.
Ukunika ubungqina phambi kwekomitana ye-Senate Commerce ngeenqwelo moya, umphathi we-FAA u-Randy Babbitt uye wabeka uluhlu lwamanyathelo okuqinisekisa inqanaba elinye lokhuseleko phakathi kweenqwelo-moya ezinkulu kunye namaqabane abo abakhweli. Abathwali abanjalo bahlala bebhabha iinqwelomoya ezincinci ezisebenza kwiimarike ezincinci, okanye zithutha abakhweli ukuya nokusuka kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezinkulu ezijikeleze i-US.
Kodwa ekubeni amatikiti nenqwelo-moya edla ngokuba negama nelogo yenqwelo-moya enkulu, ngaba “abakhweli banokulindela ukuba ubuchule obufanayo” kunye nomgwebo womqhubi wenqwelo-moya “ukho kuloo ndlu yokukhwela inqwelo-moya kungakhathaliseki ukuba ingakanani na loo nqwelo-moya?” ubuze uNenenja weDemokhrasi uByron Dorgan waseMantla Dakota, usihlalo weqela.
Iinkxalabo ze-Congressional kunye noluntu malunga nokhuseleko lweenqwelo-moya zabahambi zikhulile ukususela ngoFebruwari 12 ukuphahlazeka kwendiza ye-Colgan Air Inc. ngaphandle kwaseBuffalo. Ibhabha phantsi kwekhontrakthi yokusebenzela i-Continental Airlines Inc., iBombardier Q400 turboprop yatyhutyha indlu esondela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, yabulala abantu abangama-50.
Ngaphandle kweseti enye yemithetho yomanyano eseka ubuncinci bokhuseleko, loo ngozi iqaqambise indlela iinqwelomoya zabakhweli ezincinci ezihlala zisebenza ngayo phantsi kwemigangatho eyahlukeneyo kuneezithuthi ezinkulu, ezithanda ukogqitha iimfuno ezisisiseko zokhuseleko lomanyano kwiindawo ezininzi. UCalvin Scovel III, umhloli jikelele weSebe lezoThutho, xa wayebuzwa kwindibano ukuba ngaba iinqwelomoya zase-US zibambelela kwinqanaba elinye lokhuseleko, uxelele abenzi bomthetho: “Ayiyonyani kwaphela leyo.”
Kumagqabantshintshi okuqala kaMnu. Babbitt ngesihloko solongamelo lwabakhweli ukusukela oko wathatha indawo njengomlawuli we-FAA kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo, wathembisa ukuba uza kuzama ukuyila imigaqo yoqeqesho olutsha kunye nemithetho yokucwangcisa i-pilot-schedules ejolise ngokukodwa ukukhulisa izikhuselo kubaqhubi bengingqi. Kodwa ukwagxininise ukuba uninzi loxanduva lokuphucula luxhomekeke kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya ngokwabo.
Ukujongana nomba ophikisanayo wabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abanokuthi badinwe ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba benohambo olude lwenqwelomoya ngaphambi kokuba baqalise umsebenzi, inkosi ye-FAA ibabize ukuba babonakale bephumle kakuhle. Kangangamashumi eminyaka, uxelele igqiza, “sasixhomekeke, mhlawumbi ngelishwa, kubungcali babaqhubi beenqwelo-moya” kule nkalo.
Ebhekisa kudliwano-ndlebe lwamva nje lweBhodi yezoThutho yeSizwe malunga nengozi yaseColgan, edize ukuba bobabini abaqhubi beenqwelomoya basenokuba bebengalali emva kokuhamba ixesha elide, uMnu. ”
UMnu Babbitt uphinde wabiza abathwali abaphambili ukuba bakhuthaze "ubudlelwane bokucebisa" obusebenzayo kunye namaqabane amancinci. "Siza kucebisa ukuba iingcali zokhuseleko lwamaxesha" ezivela kwabona bathwali abakhulu "zifundise abanye baba baqhubi bancinci" kwiindlela zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, inkosi ye-FAA yangqina.
Kweyona nto wayegxeka ngayo imithetho ekhoyo yexesha lokubhabha, uMnumzana Babbitt uthe i-FAA iseka iiyure zokubhabha imihla ngemihla, veki nganye kunye nenyanga ziyafana kubo bonke abaqhubi beenqwelomoya - nokuba babhabhela uhambo olunye lwemihla ngemihla oludlula ilizwekazi kude ngaphezu kwamafu. okanye uhlale emva kolawulo lwe-puddle-jumpers ezinokusuka kwaye zihlale amaxesha amathandathu nangaphezulu ngemini kwimozulu engxolayo kunye nokungabonakali kakuhle.
UMnu. Babbitt ubonise ukuba i-arhente iya kuthathela ingqalelo ukuyila imithetho yokucwangciswa kweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zokubhabha. Ngokuthembela kuphando lwamva nje kwiimeko ezongeza ukudinwa komqhubi wenqwelomoya, uMnu. Babbitt uthe "kufuneka sijongane ... yeyiphi indlela elungileyo yokwenza oku."
USen. Dorgan ubongoze eli qumrhu ukuba “liwusombulule lo mbandela, kunokuba ungawuhoyi.
