PRESCOTT, Ariz.- Ukwaliwa kwi-Air Midwest yeza ngokukhawuleza kwifeksi yephepha elinye. Umntu ophetheyo wayengenakukwazi ukubhabhela kwindawo yasezintabeni yasePrescott kwakhona, amagosa athi. Isixeko kuya kufuneka sifumane umqeshi omtsha kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saso esincinci.
"Yonke into ibihamba kakuhle - ke, bam - inqwelo moya ihambile," utshilo uSodolophu uJack Wilson encwina. "Asiyondlela owenza ngayo ishishini."
Kunxunguphalo oluviwayo kuwo wonke amaphandle aseMelika.
Urhulumente womdibaniso waqinisekisa iidolophu ezininzi ezincinci kunye nezixeko ngenkonzo yomoya kwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo xa wayelucima ushishino. Kodwa ukunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli kuye kwadlula inkxaso-mali evela kwiNkqubo yeNkonzo yoMoya oMnandi, kwaye abaninzi abathwali bazama ukuphinda baxoxe ngeekhontrakthi zabo okanye bayeke ngokupheleleyo.
Ngokutsho kweSebe lezoThutho, elilawula le nkqubo, iinkampani zeenqwelomoya ziye zacela ukuphuma kwiikontrakthi zenkxaso kwizixeko ezingama-20 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka. Loo nto iphantse ingqamane nenani elipheleleyo lika-2007 lezixeko ezingama-24. Ngo-2006, iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zacela ukuba ziyeke izivumelwano zezixeko ezili-15.
Ngeli xesha, urhulumente wobumbano uceba ukucutha uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweNkonzo yoMoya eyi-Essential ka-2009 ukuya kwi-50 yezigidi zeedola, ngaphantsi kwesiqingatha sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwenkqubo kunyaka ngamnye kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo.
UJim Corridore, umhlalutyi kwaStandard & Poor's, uthe abantu basemaphandleni kufuneka balungele iinqwelomoya ezimbalwa kwixesha elizayo.
“Eli ayiloncedo,” utshilo uCorridore. “Iinqwelo-moya zishishina ukuze zenze imali, kodwa azikho. Enyanisweni, balahlekelwa ziibhiliyoni zeerandi. Ngoko kukho into efuna ukunqunyulwa. "
Umbutho weeNqwelomoya zeNgingqi awuvumi. Uluntu lwasemaphandleni lunokugcina inkonzo yabo yomoya ukuba inkqubo ye-federal yatshintshwa kwaye yanikwa inkxaso-mali efunekayo, utshilo uFaye Malarkey, umququzeleli wombutho.
Ngokwamagosa eenqwelomoya, isiphene esiphambili ngeNkonzo yoMoya i-Essential kukuba ayinyusi inkxaso-mali ukuhlangabezana nokunyuka kweendleko zokusebenza njengamafutha.
Ke njengoko iindleko zamafutha ejethi ziye zatsiba, ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-1.86 yeedola ngegaloni nganye ekuqaleni kuka-2007 ukuya kwi-3.96 yeedola ngegaloni ngoMeyi, iinqwelo-moya ziye zavaleleka kwinkxaso-mali efanayo. Abanye abathwali banyuse imali yokukhwela, kodwa loo nto ayizange ikwazi ukumelana neendleko zamafutha.
“Sele iminyaka safumana inzuzo,” utshilo uMongameli weAir Midwest uGreg Stephens.
UStephens uthe i-Air Midwest izamile ukuphuma kwiindlela zayo ezixhaswa ngemali kuNxweme oluseMpuma kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuze yonge imali, kodwa iSebe lezoThutho layinyanzela ukuba lihloniphe ezinye zezo zivumelwano kangangeenyanga ezili-14 kuba alizange lifumane enye indawo yokuthwala indawo. ngaphaya.
Inkampani yaqhubeka ilahlekelwa yimali. Ngeli xesha, umzali u-Mesa Air Group Inc. waphoqeleka ukuba ahlawule i-$ 52.5 yezigidi ukuze alungise ityala kunye neHawaiian Airlines Inc. UMesa wafunda kwakhona ukuba i-Delta Air Lines Inc. yayifuna ukurhoxisa isivumelwano esixabisa i-20 yezigidi zeedola ngenyanga.
Inkampani ayikwazanga ukulinda kwakhona, utshilo uStephens.
Iqela leMesa Air ligqibe kwelokuba livale iAir Midwest, lirhoxise inkonzo kwizixeko ezingama-20 kumazwe ali-10 ekupheleni kukaJuni. UStephens uthe uMesa mhlawumbi akazukubuyela kwiinqwelomoya ezixhaswayo kwakhona.
“Besizama ukukhulisa i-Air Midwest nge-EAS,” utshilo. Kodwa "umthengi uzimisele ngakumbi ukubetha indlela" kwaye aqhubele kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhulu, nangona amaxabiso egesi aphezulu. “Nantso into ebesikhuphisana nayo.”
Umthwali wengingqi i-Colgan Air Inc. nayo iyasokola kwiikontraka zayo ezixhaswa ngurhulumente. Yathumela ilahleko yokusebenza ye-4.5 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2007, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokunyuka kweendleko zamafutha.
"Kwiindawo ezininzi sinenkonzo ye-EAS, sijonge iindleko zepetroli ze-5 kunye ne-$ 6 i-gallon," kusho uJoe Williams, umkhulumeli we-Colgan umzali we-Pinnacle Airlines Corp. yaseMemphis, eTenn. Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo."
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ikwazama ukwenza inzuzo ngokuhambisa ezinye iinqwelomoya zayo ukusuka ePittsburgh ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseWashington Dulles International nangokunika abahambi unxibelelwano olungakumbi ngekhowudi yokwabelana ngesivumelwano ne-United Airlines.
Kutshanje uColgan ucele ukuphuma kwiikhontrakthi ezisebenzela izixeko ezithandathu eWest Virginia, eMaine nasePennsylvania, kodwa unethemba lokuphinda avume ezo khontrakthi kwaye acele inkxaso-mali enkulu ukubonisa ukunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli.
Kungokunje kuphela kwendlela inkampani yenqwelomoya enokuthi ilungelelanise ikhontrakthi yenkxaso yeendleko eziphezulu zepetroli - cela ukuba uphume kwisibophelelo sayo, ulinde iintsuku ezili-180 njengoko isebe lisenza isicelo kwaye liphinde livume ikhontrakthi, utshilo uMalarkey.
“Ngokwenyani yeyona nto imbi onokuyenza kule nkonzo,” utshilo. “Uluxhomile uluntu. Abaqondi ncam. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ibonakala ibashiya.”
Umbutho woMmandla weenqwelomoya ucele utshintsho kwinkqubo yenkxaso iminyaka eliqela, ukuze iinqwelomoya zingasokoli ukwenza iinqwelomoya zasemaphandleni zibe nengeniso. UMalarkey uthe iSebe lezoThutho kufuneka likhulise inkxaso-mali ukuze livumele ingeniso ephezulu kwaye inike iinkampani zeenqwelo moya isibonelelo sexesha elinye ukuhlawula ukunyuka kweendleko zepetroli.
Isithethi seSebe lezoThutho sithe i-arhente iyavuma ukuba kukho imfuneko yohlaziyo kodwa ayikukhuthazi ukudala izibonelelo eziguquguqukayo ukubonisa ukunyuka kweendleko zamafutha. Isisombululo sayo kukunciphisa inkxaso-mali kuphela kwezona ndawo zikwanti.
"Uhlaziyo lwe-EAS luyafuneka ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba inkqubo ikhonza abantu eyenzelwe ukukhonza - abo bangenayo enye indlela yokuhamba ehambayo," kusho umkhulumeli uBill Mosely kwingxelo.
Inkqubo yeNkonzo yoMoya eBalulekileyo yadalwa kwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo emva kokuba ishishini leenqwelomoya layekiswa ulawulo. Abathwali bebengayi kubhabhela iindlela ezingenangeniso ukuya kwiindawo ezincinci, ngoko ke urhulumente wobumbano wavuma ukuhlawula ezinye zeendleko zabo.
Uluntu ngoku luzithatha njengesixhobo sokuphila. Iinqwelomoya ezixhaswa ngemali zikhuthaza amashishini ukuba andise ngaphandle kwamaziko asezidolophini, kwaye anika abahlali ukufikelela ngokukhawuleza kumaziko ezonyango nakwiindawo zeenqwelo moya kwizixeko ezikhulu.
“Kuyimfuneko, hayi ubomi obutofotofo,” utshilo uW. Gary Edward, umphathi wedolophu yaseMassena, NY, indawo yokuhlala emalunga ne-11,500 kufutshane nomda wase-US-Canada. U-Edward uthe i-Big Sky Airlines yaphuma edolophini ngoNovemba, kwaye uMassena ngoku ulinde inkonzo entsha evela kwi-Capital Air Services Inc. ukuqala ngoSeptemba.
“Sisencochoyini yelizwe laseNew York,” utshilo u-Edward. “Asinawo uhola wendlela ezine. Zonke iindlela zethu apha phezulu ziindlela zasemaphandleni.”
I-Prescott, eyayisakuba likomkhulu lommandla wase-Arizona, idityaniswe phakathi kwamahlathi esizwe malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 kumntla weSikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePhoenix Sky Harbour.
Ikhule yaba yindawo yokuzimela abantu abatyebileyo abadla umhlala-phantsi, ibatsalela ngaphandle kwezixeko ngesithembiso sayo semibono yeentaba, iindlela zokunyuka intaba kunye nomoya ococekileyo. Malunga ne-129,000 yabantu ngoku bahlala ngaphakathi kweekhilomitha ezingama-20 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePrescott - ngokwaneleyo ukuba balindele inkonzo yomoya endilisekileyo, utshilo uGary Buck, umongameli kunye ne-CEO yenkampani yetekhnoloji yombono edolophini.
“Okwangoku, unokhetho lokuthatha isikhululo seenqwelomoya uye ePhoenix, okanye ungaqhuba ngokuthe ngqo,” utshilo uBuck. “Kuthatha malunga neeyure ezimbini ukuya nokubuya. Yintlungu nje.”
Inkampani kaBuck, Visual Pathways Inc., ifuna ukuba aphume esixekweni malunga namatyeli amane ngenyanga kwaye eze nabathengi kabini okanye kathathu ngenyanga. Wayedla ngokubhabha i-Air Midwest, nangona inkonzo yayingathembekanga. Ngexesha lokugqibela uBuck ephathisa umthuthi ngezicwangciso zakhe zokuhamba, wabuya ngebhasi.
“Bathi yimpazamo yoomatshini,” utshilo. "Bahlala bethetha njalo."
UBuck uthe uPrescott ufanelwe ngabathwali abahlukeneyo, ngamnye ekhuphisana neshishini.
Elo isenokuba lithemba elikhulu, xa kujongwa ixabiso lamafutha kunye nemeko yeshishini leenqwelomoya. Kodwa amagosa asePrescott athi azakugcina izicwangciso zawo zokwandisa umgaqo weenqwelomoya kwaye acele abanye abathwali bengingqi ukuba babhabhe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.
I-Great Lakes Aviation nayo inikezele ukuba ithathe indawo ye-Air Midwest, kwaye ngoSeptemba, i-Horizon Airlines kulindeleke ukuba ibuyisele iinqwelo-moya zorhwebo e-Prescott kunye nenkonzo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLos Angeles.
Ngaphandle kwenkonzo yomoya, "ngaba abantu bazohlala apha?" USodolophu uWilson uthe. "Hayi. Ukuba silahlekelwa yinqwelomoya, siqala ukuphulukana nabantu. Silahlekelwa namashishini.”
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