Amagosa e-Fort Lauderdale esekelwe kwi-Gulfstream International Airlines alungiselela impendulo yawo kwi-1.3 yezigidigidi zesohlwayo ngabaveleli bomdibaniso, abathi inkampani icwangcise ngokungafanelekanga abasebenzi beenqwelo-moya kwaye yaphula eminye imithetho yezophapho.
Umthwali womoya wengingqi, osebenza ngeenqwelomoya eFlorida naseBahamas, wabethwa ngesohlwayo kwinyanga ephelileyo yiFederal Aviation Administration.
Uphando lwe-FAA kwiirekhodi ze-Gulfstream luqale ehlotyeni elidlulileyo, emva kokuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya ogxothiweyo ekhalaza malunga nokucwangciswa kwendiza kunye nokugcinwa kweenqwelomoya.
Ukuphendula kwiziphumo ze-FAA, uMongameli weGulfstream kunye ne-CEO uDavid Hackett uthe kwiimeko ezimbalwa "ezizimeleyo kakhulu," iirekhodi zibonisa ukucwangciswa kokungalingani okubangelwe "yimpazamo yabantu."
“Nakanye, akukho mntu ulapha enze into engalunganga ngabom,” utshilo uHackett. Ngamathub’ athile, “ukucwangcisa [abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya] kunokwanda ngenxa yesaqhwithi okanye into ethile.”
Kuphononongo lwe-arhente yeerekhodi ze-Gulfstream, abahloli bafumene ukungafani phakathi kwenkqubo yokugcina irekhodi ye-elektroniki yenkampani kunye ne-logbooks yeenqwelo-moya iiyure ezisetyenzwe ngabasebenzi ukusuka ngo-Oktobha 2007 ukuya kuJuni 2008.
Kwezinye iimeko, ukugcinwa kwerekhodi ye-elektroniki kunye ne-logbooks yeenqwelo-moya azizange zivumelane, kodwa i-FAA igcina ukuba zombini iGosa lokuQala uNicholas Paria kwakufuneka asebenze ngaphezu kweeyure ze-35 phakathi kwe-Dec. 4 no-Dec. 10, i-2007.
Kwelinye icala, iGosa lokuQala uSteve Buck lalicwangciselwe ukubhabha iintsuku ezili-11 ngaphandle kokuphumla kosuku phakathi kwe-4 kaJuni kunye ne-14 kaJuni ka-2008, i-FAA yatsho.
Imithetho ye-FAA iyabalela abaqhubi beenqwelo moya ukuba babhabhe ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-34 kuzo naziphi na iintsuku ezisixhenxe ezilandelelanayo. Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya kufuneka baphumle ubuncinane iiyure ezingama-24 ezilandelelanayo phakathi kwebhloko ecwangcisiweyo yeentsuku ezisixhenxe zomsebenzi ezilandelelanayo.
ULaura Brown, isithethi se-FAA, uthe i-arhente ayinabo ubungqina bokuba inqwelomoya yenza ngabom iimpazamo zokugcina irekhodi. Kodwa iimpazamo zenza kube nzima ukungqina ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseGulfstream balandele imithetho yokusebenza kwe-FAA, utshilo. Kwingxelo yophando kaMeyi, i-arhente iphawule inani labaqhubi beenqwelomoya abathandathu abathe amaxesha abo okuphumla aphulwa, kunye namakhulu okungafani kwiirekhodi zexesha lokuhamba ukusuka kuhlolo lukaJuni 2008.
Iinqwelomoya zommandla kufuneka zilungelelanise iindleko zokubasa kunye nokugcina inqwelomoya kodwa zinezihlalo ezimbalwa ezizaliswe ngabakhweli abahlawulayo kuneenqwelomoya ezinkulu, utshilo uRobert Gandt, owayesakuba ngumqhubi weDelta kunye noPan Am nombhali weencwadi ezininzi ngenqwelomoya.
UGulfstream's Hackett uvumile ukuba iinqwelomoya zengingqi, kubandakanya neyakhe, zijonge iindlela zokunciphisa iindleko. Kodwa ezo zigqibo zinzima zeshishini azilubeki engozini ukhuseleko, utshilo.
"Inkampani ingcono kwaye ikhuselekile kunokuba ibikhona kwimbali yenqwelomoya," utshilo uHackett.
I-Gulfstream ineenqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo ezingaphezu kwe-150 ezingamisiyo yonke imihla, uninzi eFlorida. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sikwasebenzisana ne-Continental Airlines ukunika iindlela phakathi kweCleveland kunye nezikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezintandathu ezingabamelwane.
UHackett uthe uninzi lwabaqhubi be-Gulfstream be-150 bahlala kufutshane nomsebenzi wabo, ngoko ke inqwelomoya ayijongani neengxaki ezinxulumene nokudinwa kwabathwali bemimandla kunye nomsebenzi wabakhweli.
Owayesakuba ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya waseGulfstream uKenny Edwards uthi wagxothwa ngoDisemba 2007 ngenxa yokwala ukubhabha inqwelomoya yaseGulfstream awayeyijonga njengengakhuselekanga. Wafaka isikhalazo somhlomli obangele ukuba i-FAA ihlolisise iirekhodi zendiza ye-airline kunye neenkqubo zokulondoloza.
U-Edward uthe yena noogxa bakhe bahlala “bayalelwa” ukuba basebenze ngaphaya kwemithetho ye-FAA ukuze inkampani igqibezele iinqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo.
“Bandiyalele ukuba ndihambe ngaphezulu kweeyure ezili-16 zomsebenzi kuba bebengenaye omnye umntu wokubhabha ndiye e-Key West,” utshilo u-Edwards. Wathi uyala indiza.
I-FAA ifuna abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya baphumle ubuncinane iiyure ezisibhozo eziqhubekayo kwisithuba seeyure ezingama-24. Abanye abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bazive becinezelekile ukuba benze iinqwelomoya ezifanayo nangona abaqhubi beenqwelomoya bezodlula iiyure zabo, utshilo.
“Abanye baba bafana babhabhayo baselula, kwaye bayoyika kwaye bayoyika,” utshilo.
Iingcali ngeenqwelomoya zithi iinqwelomoya zabakhweli zihlala ziqesha abatsha, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abangenamava abangena nzulu ematyaleni ukuba babe ngabaqhubi beenqwelomoya kwaye bazimisele ukusebenzela imivuzo ephantsi ngeyure ngethemba lokufumana amava aneleyo ukuba baqeshwe ngabathwali bezorhwebo abakhulu.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abaqala imisebenzi yabo kwezinye iinqwelomoya zengingqi benza nje i-21 yeedola ngeyure, ngelixa oogxa babo kubathwali abakhulu befumana ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kwelo xabiso, ngokutsho kwe-airlinepilotcentral.com, elandelela izikali zokuhlawula umqhubi weshishini.
Imivuzo ephantsi, idibene nolangazelelo lokusebenzela abathwali abakhulu, inokunyanzela abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abangenamava ukuba babhabhe kangangoko banako, utshilo uRobert Breiling, umhlalutyi weengozi zenqwelomoya ezinze eBoca Raton. Kwiimeko ezininzi, abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baya kuba ngabahlohli ngenqwelomoya ukuze bafumane amava angakumbi, nangona bahlala benexesha elincinci lokubhabha kunabafundi babo, utshilo.
UBreiling uthe uthatha iinqwelomoya zengingqi zingakhuselekanga kangako kunezothutho zomoya ezinkulu.
Ucebisa abakhweli bemizila yeenqwelo-mafutha icebiso elifanayo alinika abantwana bakhe ngokukhwela inqwelo-moya phezu kwazo: “Ukuba imozulu imbi okanye ukuba mnyama kancinane, hamba uye kufuna igumbi ehotele, kuba oko akuyomfuneko.”
