I-RADNOR, PA - Ummeli wase-US uCurbelo (R-Fla) uye wazisa isilungiso kwi-HR 4441, uMthetho we-Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act ka-2016 - njengesipho kwiinkampani zeenqwelo-moya ekuphenduleni ukuchaswa kwazo kwi-2012 yeSebe lezoThutho e-US ( DOT) umthetho ofuna ukuba iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zibonise ngokucacileyo amaxabiso ewonke amatikiti kwintengiso nakwimiboniso ye-intanethi, kuquka iirhafu kunye nemirhumo karhulumente. Esi sihlomelo siya kuthi ngokufanelekileyo siwuguqule umthetho we-DOT kwaye sijongele phantsi ukhuseleko lwabathengi olubaluleke kakhulu olwamkelwa njengonyango kwintengiso ye-airline bait-and-switch. USenator wase-US uFischer (R-Neb) kulindeleke ukuba abonelele ngolungiso oluhambelanayo.
Kwakhona, amaLungu eNkongolo yase-US anike abavoti isizathu sokuba bacatshukiswe yi-Washington elite abakholelwa ukuba ayijongi iimfuno zabo. Uphuhliso lomgaqo-nkqubo wokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya ngokwembali ibingumzamo we-bipartisan eWashington ukuze kuxhamle abathengi kunye nokulungileyo kwelizwe. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, njengoko imelwe yi-Orwellian-gama-gama-igama le-Transparent Airfares Act ka-2014, esi sihlomelo sifuna ukuvuselela ngokufunwa yinkampani yeenqwelo-moya, ngelishwa injongo yomgaqo-nkqubo iguqukile kwizinto ezilungileyo zelizwe ukuya kwiimfuno zomdla okhethekileyo kunye neepokotho ezinzulu. kunye nemikhosi yabaxhasi.
Ngaphantsi komgaqo we-DOT ka-2012, iinqwelo-moya kufuneka zibonise ngokucacileyo kwiintengiso ixabiso letikiti lilonke, eyona nto ikhathalelwe ngabathengi. Nangona kunjalo, iinqwelomoya zikwavumelekile ukuba zibonise ukuqhawuka kweerhafu zikarhulumente kunye nemirhumo ukuba nje azibonakalisi kakhulu kunamaxabiso ewonke amatikiti. Ukongeza, akukho mfuneko ye-DOT ethintela iinqwelomoya ukuba zibandakanye kumaxabiso eetikiti zentengiso (intsalela yeerhafu zikarhulumente kunye nemirhumo), ukuba zikwaboniswa ngokunjalo ngaphantsi kwexabiso lilonke lamatikiti. Ngokufanelekileyo, iinqwelomoya zisimahla namhlanje ukubonelela abathengi ngocazululo oluneenkcukacha lwamaxabiso etikiti ewonke. Injongo ecacileyo yeDOT ekwamkeleni lo mgaqo ibikukuthintela ukubhideka kwabathengi kunye nenkohliso malunga nesixa esipheleleyo ekufuneka sihlawulwe kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba.
Esi sihlomelo siya kujongela phantsi ukhuseleko lwabathengi be-DOT ngokuvuselela inkqubo yentengiso elahlekisayo nekhohlisayo abathengi abasandula ukuyilahla kutsha nje. Ukuba isilungiso samkelwe ngohlobo olukuyo, siyakuvumela amaxabiso asezantsi amatikiti ukuba agxininiswe kuqala nokuphambili, ngaloo ndlela kuncipha ukungafihli ngokuvumela amaxabiso etikiti ewonke kunye neerhafu zikarhulumente kunye nemirhumo ukuba ibhengezwe nje ngendlela “ebonisa ngokucacileyo ulwazi. kumthengi,” ngokwesilungiso esicetywayo.
Ezona ziphumo ziyingozi zabathengi zesi silungiso, nangona kunjalo, zimalunga nentengiso ye-Intanethi kunye nezibonelelo zokucela. Iinqwelomoya ziya kukhululeka ukuba zibonise ngokucacileyo amaxabiso amatikiti asezantsi “eza” kwizikrini zokuqala kwaye emva koko akhuphe ulwazi malunga nelona xabiso lilonke, eliphezulu lilonke, kubandakanywa iirhafu zikarhulumente kunye nemirhumo, kwezinye iindawo zewebhusayithi zabo “ngekhonkco okanye pop up…ebonisa ulwazi ngendlela ‘efikeleleka lula nenokubonwa’ ngumthengi.” Oku kubonisa isimemo esivulekileyo sokubuyela kwiindlela zokuthengisa ezingalunganga nezikhohlisayo ezazixhaphake ngaphambi kokuba i-DOT ithathe inyathelo kwi-2012 ukukhusela abathengi. Liqhinga lentengiso elidla ngokubizwa ngokuba “yixabiso lokuthontsiza.”
Abathengi baya kukhwaza bekhala ngesi sihlomelo singafanelekanga. Abachasi ukuba iinqwelomoya zikwaveze iirhafu kunye neentlawulo zikarhulumente (ezithi ngendlela zivumela iziseko zoncedo zenqwelomoya, ukhuseleko kunye nokhuseleko) - kodwa bafuna kuqala baxelelwe ngexabiso eliphantsi ukuze bazi ezona zikhetho zilungileyo ekufuneka baziqwalasele. Ukucaca kwexabiso elipheleleyo letikiti ngaphambili kunye nazo zonke iirhafu kunye neentlawulo ezibandakanyiweyo, kunye nokukwazi ukuthelekisa yonke intengo yokuhamba kubandakanywa neendleko zeenkonzo ezincedisayo ezifana nesihlalo esibekelwe ngaphambili kunye neemali zemithwalo, yinto ebalulekileyo kubathengi kwaye oko kukuthi. yintoni iCongress ekufuneka igxininise kuyo.
I-BTC ikhuthaza kakhulu uMmeli uCurbelo (R-Fla) ukuba ahoxise isilungiso sakhe kunye noSenator Fischer (R-Neb) ukuba aphinde acinge ngokunika isilungiso somlingane.
