IFlyersRights.org, owona mbutho mkhulu wabakhweli wenqwelomoya, wafaka isicelo somthetho kwi-FAA ngo-Okthobha 5, 2022, isikhumbuzo seminyaka emi-3 yokungahoywa komhla wokugqibela weCongressional we-FAA ukumisela ubuncinci bemigangatho yokuhlala. Uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lweFlyersRights.org luphakamisa imilinganiselo yezihlalo ezivumela ama-90% ukuya kuma-92% abantu.
Uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lubandakanya izizathu ezi-4 eziphambili zokwenza umthetho:
(1) ukukhutshwa ngokungxamisekileyo,
(2) i-DVT ehlala ibulala umthambo onzulu,
(3) indawo yokuma kwezihlangu zezilima ezidityaniswe ngentsinjana ekufikeni kuntlitheko, kunye
(4) ukungena kwindawo yobuqu.
Njengoko unyaka ngamnye udlula, ubukhulu bezihlalo buyancipha ngelixa inani labakhweli lisanda. I-FAA ayikaqalisi inkqubo yokwenza umthetho, icela kuphela izimvo kuluntu kwinkalo enye yokhuseleko, ukukhutshwa ngokungxamisekileyo.
Isikhalazo esinamaphepha angama-26 siqulethe amanqaku asezantsi angama-200 kwi-ergonomic, demographic, ezonyango, izifundo zokhuseleko, iingxelo kunye namanani. Ingqina ngokupheleleyo ukuba isiqingatha sabantu abadala asinakukwazi ukungena ngokufanelekileyo kuninzi izihlalo zeenqwelo moya. Iphakamisa ukumiswa kokucutheka okuthe kratya kunye nobubanzi besitulo obuncinci obuyi-intshi ezingama-20.1 (vs. ngoku i-19 ukuya kwi-intshi ye-16) kunye ne-pitch yesihlalo (igumbi lemilenze) ye-intshi ye-32.1 (vs. yangoku 31 ukuya kwi-27 intshi). Kwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo, xa abakhweli babekhaphukhaphu ngeekhilogram ezingama-1.5 ne-intshi ezi-35 ubude, isihlalo sasiyi-intshi ezingama-31 ukuya kwezingama-21 yaye ububanzi bezihlalo buzii-intshi ezingama-19 ukuya kwezili-XNUMX.
Njengoxwebhu lwezikhalazo olusesikweni, kukho ixesha elilindelekileyo leentsuku ezingama-60 zokuphefumla uluntu. I-FAA iya kuba neenyanga ezi-6 ukuba igwebe kwisikhalazo, emva kwexesha isibheno senkundla sinokwenzeka.
UPaul Hudson, uMongameli weFlyersRights.org, ilungu le-FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committee Advisory Committee kunye neKomiti yeeNgcebiso zokuPhuma ngokuNgxamisekileyo, wathi: “I-FAA neDOT azinakuphinda zikhanyele, zilibazise, kwaye zidlulise uxanduva lwayo lokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwezihlalo zenqwelo-moya. Ngoku sele kuyiminyaka esixhenxe ukususela kwi-FlyersRights.org's first seat rulemaking yezikhalazo. Ngeli xesha, izihlalo ziye zaqhubeka zicutheka kwaye abakhweli baye banda kwaye bandala. Amashumi amawaka ezimvo zoluntu ziye zafakwa ukuxhasa. Kodwa i-FAA, iinqwelomoya, kunye ne-Boeing ziyaqhubeka nokuchasa nawuphi na umthetho wesihlalo esikhuselekileyo.
"Lo mgaqo uqhubekayo wesihlalo senkcaso ngoku uwele umgca omtsha, ukudelela okufihliweyo kwe-bipartisan 2018 yesigunyaziso seCongressional esisayinwe emthethweni nguMongameli uTrump. I-FAA ibanga enkundleni ukuba umthetho wesihlalo ofuna ubuncinci bemilinganiselo yesihlalo 'uyazikhethela' ukuba iyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuba akuyomfuneko. Ngoku lixesha lokuba uNobhala wezoThutho uButtigieg kunye noMongameli uBiden bathathe amanyathelo: Yalela i-FAA ukuba iphelise ukulibaziseka kunye nenkcaso engapheliyo.
“Yeka ukushwabana kwezitulo zenqwelomoya ngoku!”
I-FAA, kwiFlyers Rights Education Fund v. FAA kwi-DC Circuit Court of Appeals, ithi umthetho ka-2018 owufunayo ukuba ubeke ubuncinci bemigangatho yokuhlala awucacanga kwaye uyazikhethela. ICandelo lama-577 loMthetho wokuGunyanyiswa kwakhona kwe-FAA ka-2018 lithi i-FAA "iya kukhupha imimiselo emisela ubuncinci bemilinganiselo yezihlalo zabakhweli ... kubandakanywa ubuncinane bendawo yokuhlala, ububanzi, kunye nobude, kwaye iyimfuneko kukhuseleko lwabakhweli."
Amalungelo eFlyers afake isicelo se-mandamus ngoJanuwari ka-2022, ecela inkundla ukuba ibeke umhla wokugqibela we-FAA yokulawula ubungakanani obuncinci besihlalo. Ityala liye kwiingxoxo zomlomo ngoSeptemba 2022. I-FAA yakhaba isicelo somthetho se-2015 FlyersRights.org kabini, ngo-2016 kunye no-2018, ukukhanyela naluphi na ubudlelwane phakathi kobukhulu besihlalo kunye namaxesha okuphuma ngokukhawuleza. I-DC Circuit yenza impazamo kwi-FAA yokuqala yokukhanyela ukuthembela kwidatha eyimfihlo ukufikelela kwisigqibo sayo sokuba ubungakanani besihlalo abunamsebenzi kwaye abunamsebenzi kukukhutshwa okungxamisekileyo. Ngo-2021, i-DOT Inspector General yafumanisa ukuba i-FAA yayimangalele ukuba iimvavanyo zokufuduka ezifihlakeleyo ezenziwa ngabavelisi beenqwelo-moya ziye zavavanya izihlalo ezincitshisiweyo, ngelixa ngokwenene, uvavanyo olulodwa kuphela lwenziwa kwii-intshi ezingama-28 okanye ngaphantsi.
Uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lunokujongwa Apha.
