WASHINGTON - I-US Federal Aviation Administration, ezama ukushukumisa ukugxekwa isondele kakhulu kumzi mveliso oyilawulayo, iya kuwuyeka umsebenzi wayo wokubiza iinkampani zeenqwelomoya abathengi bayo kwaye iya kuqinisa iindlela zokhuseleko.
"Xa sisithi umthengi, sithetha uluntu olubhabhayo," uMlawuli we-FAA uRandy Babbitt uthe xa ebhengeza utshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo ojolise ekomelezeni ulongamelo lokhuseleko kunye nokulungelelanisa iindlela zokubika iingxaki kunye nabanye ukuba bachaze iingxaki ngaphandle kokwesaba impindezelo okanye olunye uxinzelelo lokuba bathule. Amanye amalungu eCongress, abalindi bezokhuseleko, kunye nabempempe kudala bekhalazela inkcubeko yocango olujikelezayo ekhuthaza ukuzola phakathi kwe-FAA kunye neenqwelomoya ezinkulu zase-US. Lo mcimbi uqhambuke esidlangalaleni kunyaka ophelileyo xa ityala le-mpempe malunga nokugcinwa liphelile kwi-Southwest Airlines Co yakhokelela kuphando lwe-congressional kunye nokugxekwa okukrakra kokongamela kwe-FAA. I-arhente ihlawulise uMzantsi-ntshona we-10 yezigidi zeedola ngeenqwelomoya eziphose ukuhlolwa okufunekayo kodwa kamva zanciphisa isohlwayo ngeepesenti ezingama-25.
U-Babbitt uthe i-FAA izakudala i-ofisi eza kujongana nezikhalazo zokhuseleko ezisuka koochwephesha kunye noluntu. Ikwaphucula iinkqubo zokuqinisekisa ukuba iinqwelo-moya zithobela ngokupheleleyo amakhulukhulu emiyalelo ye-FAA ekhutshwa minyaka le, ingakumbi kwimiba efuna ukugcinwa kwerekhodi okuchanekileyo kunye nempendulo yolondolozo.
UBabbitt uthe akabonanga zimpawu zokuba i-FAA isondele kakhulu kwiinqwelomoya kodwa waphawula ukuba i-arhente inobudlelwane obuhle bokusebenza kunye neshishini, athe lixhamla ukhuseleko. “Sihlala sijikela kwaba bantu (iinkampani zeenqwelomoya) ukufumana izisombululo,” utshilo uBabbitt, owayesakuba ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya. "Ngenxa yokuba uyazi amagama abo okuqala akuthethi ukuba ukhululekile." Nangona bekukho ingozi yenqwelomoya ephawulekayo kunye nokungqubana okuyingozi phakathi kwe-helicopter yabakhenkethi kunye nenqwelomoya encinci kulo nyaka, imboni esebenza ngaphezu kwe-30,000 yeenqwelo-moya zorhwebo ngosuku kwaye ibhabha ngaphezu kwe-600 yezigidi zabagibeli ngonyaka ikhuselekile, u-Babbitt uthe.
U-Babbitt uthe iinqwelo-moya ziyazi imigaqo kwaye wathembisa ukuba i-FAA ayiyi kunqikaza ukutshabalalisa abaphuli kunye neenqwelo-moya eziphantsi xa kuyimfuneko.
