NAPA, Calif. - Kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo namhlanje, abantu abayi-13,800 bakhwela iijethi ze-138 American Airlines ngethemba lokufikelela eDallas Fort Worth kwiinqwelomoya zabo eziqhagamshelayo ngexesha leeholide ezixineneyo ngasekupheleni kuka-2006/ekuqaleni kuka-2007. Izikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezingama-138 ngaphakathi nakufutshane neTexas ukunyamezela into enokuba yintoni kwabanye abantu-kubandakanya uKate Hanni kunye nosapho-intlungu ebuhlungu kunye nokutshintsha ubomi. Kwimeko kaHanni, yena nentsapho yakhe bavaleleka kwibala lesikhululo seenqwelo-moya iiyure ezisi-24 nemizuzu eli-9 bengenamanzi, ukutya, okanye izindlu zangasese ezisebenzisekayo. Kulapho wagqiba ekubeni enze okuthile.
Kwiintsuku ezi-3 zokugqibela, uninzi lweenqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe ziye zaxinga kwi-tarmac e-JFK - ngaphezulu kweeyure ze-13 kwimeko yendiza ye-El Al - kwaye ezininzi kwiiyure ze-8, ezifana neenqwelo ze-Cathay Pacific, i-Delta Airlines. , Austrian Air, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Air Emirates kunye Iceland Air Express. Baye bachitha iintsuku ezongezelelweyo ngaphandle kokutya, amanzi okanye ukufikelela kumayeza ngaphakathi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-JFK, ngaphandle koncedo.
"I-FlyersRights.org iye yaba, kwi-4 iminyaka emfutshane, intlangano abagibeli beenqwelo-moya abaxhomekeke kuyo ukuba bamele kwaye balwele amalungelo abo," kusho uKate Hanni, uMlawuli. “Kodwa ngokucacileyo asenzanga ngokwaneleyo ukuthintela le mibhobho yoyikekayo yetha.
“I-FlyersRights.org inyanzelisa ukuba iDOT iphande ngesi siganeko kwaye ibhengeze umthetho oquka ukhuseleko lwabakhweli benqwelo-moya bamazwe ngamazwe. Ngokucacileyo, ukhuseleko lwabakhweli, iimfuno zezithethe, kunye nokuqwalaselwa kokhuseleko lwesikhululo seenqwelomoya kufuneka kube yinxalenye yaloo mthetho mtsha. I-FRO ikwajonge phambili ekugqityweni koMthetho we-FAA we-Modernization Act kwiCongress, equlathe amanye amalungiselelo amaninzi kubakhweli benqwelomoya abaya kwenza uhambo lwabo ngomoya lukhuseleke, lube nempilo kwaye lunyamezeleke ngakumbi. Sijonge ukuba lilizwi labo bonke abahambi ngenqwelomoya ngonaphakade!
“Xa ndandikuMkhosi wokuLibazisa iTarmac onqwenelekayo we-DOT izikhululo zeenqwelomoya eziquka iGunyabantu leZibuko laseNew York zenza izithembiso ezingenzi nto, zisithi akukho mfuneko yokuba zibe nomyalelo kwaye ziza kuqinisekisa ukuba enye iJet Blue ayenzeki. Kwakukho isiqinisekiso esipheleleyo esivela kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ukuba ziya kunceda abakhweli beenqwelo moya ngexesha elide lokulibaziseka emhlabeni ukuya a) kusoloko kukho isango elifumanekayo b) ukwenza amasango okusetyenziswa okuqhelekileyo afumaneke, c) ukugcina abathengisi bezikhululo zeenqwelomoya bevulekile 24/7 ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho mntu ulambileyo. okanye unxaniwe nokugcina izabelo zikaxakeka. Bathembisa ukuba abasokuze baphinde babe yinxalenye yengxaki yokulibaziseka kwetha ngoko ke iDOT ayizange ibalawule”…”Ngokucacileyo iinkumbulo zabo zifutshane kwaye ezo zithembiso zazingathethi nto phambi kwesi sehlo samva nje.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- There was absolute assurance from the airports that they would help airline passengers during long on ground delays to a) always have a gate available b) make common use gates available, c) to keep airport vendors open 24/7 to ensure no one goes hungry or thirsty and to store emergency rations.
- “When I was on the DOT’s coveted Tarmac Delay Task Force the airports including the New York Port Authority made idle promises, saying they did not need to have a mandate and would ensure that another Jet Blue did not happen.
- They promised never again become a part of the tarmac delay problem so the DOT did not regulate them”…”Clearly their memories are short and those promises meant nothing in the face of this latest incident.
