Umthetho omtsha ukhutshwe kade ngoLwesihlanu weveki ephelileyo nge Isebe lezothutho laseMelikaUkuhlanganisa iinkcazo zalo ezinde zegama elithi "ukungabi nabulungisa" kunye "nokukhohlisa" xa iSebe lisebenzisa igunya lalo elisemthethweni ukuthintela izenzo ezingenabulungisa okanye ezikhohlisayo zeenqwelo moya okanye iiarhente zamatikiti, kuya kwenza kube nzima ngakumbi kwiarhente ukukhusela abathengi kurhwebo lwenqwelo moya olungenabulungisa nolukhohlisayo. Ukuziqhelanisa nomzi mveliso, ngokweNgxelo yabaThengi.
Intshukumo ye-DOT yokuthintela ukunyanzeliswa kwayo kunye nokwenza iinzame zomthetho kuyasokolisa ngakumbi okoko umthetho womdibaniso osuse umzi-mveliso utolikwe ukuthobela imithetho yelizwe ekhusela abathengi kwezi meko.
"Ibango le-DOT lokuba lo mthetho mtsha uza kunceda uluntu nalo alunabulungisa kwaye luyakhohlisa," utshilo uWilliam J. McGee, uMcebisi ngezoPhapho kwiiNgxelo zabaThengi. “Lo mthetho wongeza amacandelo amatsha e-bureaucracy eya kuthi iphazamise amandla e-DOT okuphelisa ukuphathwa gadalala kwamashishini eenqwelo moya okunyusa abahambi. Sisipho sokugqibela esivela kwi-DOT esiya kubamkeli beenkampani zeenqwelo moya eziya kushiya abathengi besesichengeni sokulibaziseka ngokungekho ngqiqweni kwenqwelomoya, ulwazi olulahlekisayo lokuhamba, kunye nezinye izinto eziphazamisayo zeshishini. Sikhuthaza ulawulo oluzayo lweBiden ukuba lurhoxise lo mthetho ungafanelekanga kwaye banikezele kwakhona iarhente ukukhusela abathengi. ”
Kwixesha elidlulileyo, i-DOT ibisebenzise igunya layo ukubeka umda kulibaziseko lwetarmac, ifuna imbuyekezo kubagibeli ababhampayo kwiinqwelomoya, kwaye kuthintele izibhengezo ezingabandakanyi intlawulo epheleleyo abaza kuyihlawula abakhweli. Umgaqo okhutshwe kwiveki ephelileyo ufuna ukuba i-DOT ilandele iinkqubo ezintsha kunye namaxwebhu ezokwenza kube nzima ukunyanzelisa okanye ukomeleza imigaqo esele ikho okanye ukukhupha eminye.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Department of Transportation, codifying its longstanding definitions for the terms “unfair” and “deceptive” when the Department uses its statutory authority to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by airlines or ticket agents, will make it more difficult for the agency to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive airline industry practices, according to Consumer Reports.
- In the past, the DOT has used its authority to put limits on tarmac delays, require compensation for passengers bumped from overbooked flights, and prohibit advertisements that don't include the full fare that passengers will pay.
- The DOT's move to restrict its enforcement and rulemaking efforts is particularly troubling since the federal law that deregulated the industry has been interpreted to preempt state laws that protect consumers in such cases.
