Isikali se-TSA sibuyele kwisicwangciso sokhuselo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngokubanzi

Icaphula inkcaso kumzi-mveliso, uLawulo loKhuseleko kuThutho ulungiselela ukunciphisa isicwangciso esinempikiswano sokwandisa imigaqo yezokhuseleko yenqwelomoya okokuqala kumawakawaka esicwangciso sabucala.

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Ukucaphula izichaso zeshishini, uLawulo loKhuseleko lwezoThutho lulungiselela ukubuyisela umva isicwangciso esiphikisanayo sokwandisa imithetho yokhuseleko lweenqwelomoya okokuqala kumawaka eenqwelomoya zabucala.

Amagosa e-TSA athi kule veki alindele ukukhupha isicwangciso esihlaziyiweyo sokuwa esiya kunciphisa kakhulu ukusuka kwi-15,000 inani leenqwelomoya ezibhalisiweyo zase-US eziphantsi kwemithetho engqongqo. Kwakhona, endaweni yokuyalela ukuba bonke abakhweli abakhwele kwiinqwelo-moya zabucala bajongwe kuluhlu lwabanqolobi, ukujongwa kwamagama kwiimeko ezininzi kunokushiyelwa kwingqiqo yabaqhubi.

Olu tshintsho luya kuphawula ukuhlehla okubalulekileyo kotshintsho lokhuseleko abathi abaxhasi balubize ngokuba lixesha kwaye lubalulekile ekuthinteleni abanqolobi ekusebenziseni iinqwelomoya ezincinci ukuthubelezisa izixhobo eziyingozi okanye ukwenza uhlaselo lokuzibulala. Abachasi, nangona kunjalo, bawabize amanyathelo angafanelekanga, awacingelwanga kakuhle kwaye anomthwalo ogqithisileyo kubanini beenqwelomoya kunye nabavelisi.

Ixesha lokwenziwa kwesaziso lisenokungqineka liyimpikiswano. Iinzame zokuqhushumba ngoSuku lweKrisimesi kwinqwelomoya iAmsterdam ukuya eDetroit ngumntu okrokrelekayo waseNigeria al-Qaeda kukhokelele kuphononongo olutsha lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngokubanzi, kunye neenkqubo zoluhlu lokubukela, kwaye iziphathamandla zomanyano ziye zafikelela kwelona nqanaba liphezulu lokhuseleko. kwiinqwelomoya zorhwebo, ngakumbi uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe.

“Ngenxa yemekobume ekhoyo esisisongelo . . . Ndiyothusa kakhulu into yokuba barhoxe,” utshilo umcebisi uGlen Winn, owayesakuba yintloko yezokhuseleko yeenqwelo moya zase-United kunye ne-Continental. "Ndiyathemba ukuba kukho uphononongo oluqhubekayo ngaphambi kokuba oku kuqhutywe."

Ingxelo kaMeyi ka-2009 yomhloli jikelele weSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe, nangona kunjalo, yathi izoyikiso zokhuseleko ezibandakanya izicwangciso zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya "zilinganiselwe kwaye ubukhulu becala zicingelwa."

Njengoko kwaxelwa okokuqala ngolwesiHlanu ngunomathotholo kaZwelonke, umphathi we-TSA jikelele-moya uBrian Delauter uthe i-arhente ilungiselela ukubuyisela umva iindawo eziphambili zeNkqubo yoKhuseleko lweenqwelomoya ezinkulu kwaye ifuna ukusebenzisana ngakumbi neshishini.

UDelauter uthe i-arhente iya kwandisa kakhulu ubungakanani beenqwelomoya ezigutyungelwe ngumthetho, kwaye inike abaqhubi uxanduva olungakumbi lokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwenqwelomoya, isithethi seTSA uGreg Soule uqinisekisile.

“Luloyiso lweqela lezomoya jikelele kunye nelahleko yokhuseleko,” utshilo uStewart Baker, usekela Nobhala womgaqo-nkqubo kwiSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe ukusuka ngo-2005 ukuya ku-2009 kunye nomcebisi wesicwangciso sokuqala. Akukho sizathu sibambekayo sokungazivumeli iijethi [ezithwala abantu abali-10 ukuya kwabali-12] xa kujongwa nje iinkcukacha zabakhweli.”

Amagosa e-TSA alumkise ukuba utshintsho kwisicwangciso sokutshayela, esixoxwe ekuqaleni kwi-2007 kwaye iphakanyiswe nguGeorge W. Bush ophumayo ngo-Oktobha 2008, ayigqitywanga yi-arhente, kwaye kufuneka ihlaziywe liSebe lezoKhuseleko lweKhaya kunye ne-Ofisi yeNdlu ye-White House. yoLawulo kunye noHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali.

"Njengoko inkqubo yokulawula iqhubela phambili, siya kuqhubeka sisebenza ngokusondeleyo nabachaphazelekayo ukuphuhlisa uluhlu lwamanyathelo okhuseleko anengqondo anciphisa umngcipheko obandakanya inqwelomoya enkulu yendiza," uJohn P. Sammon, umlawuli oncedisayo we-TSA, uthe kwingxelo.

UDan Hubbard, isithethi seNational Business Aviation Association, emele iinkampani ze-8,000 ezixhomekeke kwinkonzo yomoya, uthe utshintsho luyavuma ukuba iinqwelomoya zorhwebo ngokubanzi zithutha abantu abangabaziyo, ngelixa abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya zabucala bayazi phantse wonke umntu okhwela inqwelomoya yabo.

“Sifuna ukunika umqhubi wenqwelomoya igunya lokwamkela abo bantu ababaziyo kwinqwelomoya,” utshilo uJens Hennig, usekela mongameli wemisebenzi yeGeneral Aviation Manufacturers Association, emele inqwelomoya kunye nabenzi bamacandelo.

I-TSA ixoxe ngemithetho yokubuyisela umva kwiinqwelomoya ezinobunzima obukhulu bokusuka budlula i-25,000 ukuya kwi-30,000 yeeponti, endaweni ye-12,500 pounds, u-Hennig uthe. Utshintsho luya kunciphisa iimfuno ezintsha - ezibandakanya ukuhlolwa kwemvelaphi yobugebengu kunye nokuhlolwa kokhuseleko - kubaqhubi beejethi ezinkulu zenkampani ezifana neGulfstream G150s, kunokuba iCessna CitationJets encinci, umzekelo, wathi.

Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya zokukhwela inqwelomoya basenokufuneka ukuba bajonge amagama abakhweli ngokuchasene noluhlu lukarhulumente olungabhabhiyo okanye uluhlu “labakhethiweyo” abachongiweyo ukuba bajongwe ngamagosa achasene nobunqolobi, uHennig kunye negosa laseMelika lathi, kodwa abaqhubi abaqhelekileyo abafuni.

I-TSA ayizukufuna ukuba izikhululo zeenqwelo moya ze-320 ziphuhlise izicwangciso zokhuseleko ezibizayo, ezivumela ukuba zigxile endaweni yokhuseleko lweenqwelomoya, utshilo uSoule.

Urhulumente wase-US uye wanyusa uqwalaselo lwabakhweli kunye nabasebenzi beenqwelomoya kwiinqwelomoya ezihamba ngenqwelomoya jikelele ukusuka ngo-2007, kodwa ishishini lokuhamba ngomoya lasekhaya labucala, ishishini le-150 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka, likhukulise i-DHS ngenkcaso.

Amagosa ase-US athi eyona nto iphambili kukugcina abaqhubi abangagunyaziswanga ukuba baphume kwiinqwelomoya ezincinci kunye nokwazi ukuba ngubani olawula inqwelomoya xa ibhabha. Iinqwelomoya zomoya jikelele zinokuba nkulu njenge-Boeing okanye i-Airbus jetliners, kwaye kukho iinqwelomoya zabucala ezibhalisiweyo ezingama-375 zase-US ezinobunzima obungaphezulu kweekhilogram ezingama-100,309, utshilo uHennig.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

  • A Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight by a suspected Nigerian al-Qaeda operative has resulted in new scrutiny on air travel in general, as well as watch-listing procedures, and federal authorities have ratcheted to the highest levels security for commercial flights, particularly for international travel.
  • Njengoko kwaxelwa okokuqala ngolwesiHlanu ngunomathotholo kaZwelonke, umphathi we-TSA jikelele-moya uBrian Delauter uthe i-arhente ilungiselela ukubuyisela umva iindawo eziphambili zeNkqubo yoKhuseleko lweenqwelomoya ezinkulu kwaye ifuna ukusebenzisana ngakumbi neshishini.
  • “We want to give the pilot the authority to accept those people that he or she knows on board the aircraft,”.

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