DOT ta ci tarar kamfanonin jiragen sama 3 kan fasinjojin da suka makale

WASHINGTON - Gwamnati na sanya tarar a karon farko kan kamfanonin jiragen sama saboda makalewar fasinjoji a kan kwalta ta tashar jirgin, Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta fada jiya Talata.

Ma'aikatar ta ce ta sanya wani tsari na biyan tarar dala 175,000 ga wasu kamfanonin jiragen sama guda uku saboda rawar da suka taka wajen makalewar fasinjoji cikin dare a cikin wani jirgin sama a Rochester, Minn., ranar 8 ga watan Agusta.

Jirgin na Continental Express mai lamba 2816 yana kan hanyarsa daga Houston zuwa Minneapolis dauke da fasinjoji 47 a lokacin da tsawa ta tilasta masa ya karkata zuwa Rochester, inda ya sauka da misalin karfe 12:30 na safe Filin jirgin ya rufe kuma ma'aikatan kamfanin na Mesaba - su kadai ne ma'aikatan jirgin a filin jirgin a lokacin. - ya ƙi buɗe tashar don fasinjojin da suka makale.

Kamfanin jiragen sama na Continental da abokin aikin sa na yankin ExpressJet, wadanda suka gudanar da jirgin na Continental, an ci tarar kowannensu dala 50,000. Mai magana da yawun kamfanin na ExpressJet, Kristy Nicholas, ta ce kamfanin jirgin na iya kaucewa biyan rabin tarar idan ya kashe makudan kudade wajen kara horas da ma’aikatansu kan yadda za su fuskanci tsawaita tsaikon kwalta.

Sashen ya zartar da hukunci mafi girma - dala 75,000 - kan kamfanin sufurin jiragen sama na Mesaba, wani reshen kamfanin jiragen sama na Northwest, wanda kamfanin Delta Air Lines ya samu a bara.

"Ina fatan wannan ya aika da sigina ga sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama cewa muna tsammanin kamfanonin jiragen sama za su mutunta haƙƙin matafiya," in ji Sakataren Sufuri Ray LaHood a cikin wata sanarwa. "Za mu kuma yi amfani da abin da muka koya daga wannan bincike don karfafa kariya ga fasinjojin jirgin da ke fuskantar tsaikon kwalta mai tsawo."

Fasinjojin Jirgin mai lamba 2816 sun kasance suna jira kusan sa'o'i shida a cikin jirgin saman yankin a cikin cunkoson jarirai da wani bandaki mai kamshi duk da cewa suna da nisan yadi 50 kawai daga tashar jirgin. Kyaftin din jirgin ya yi ta rokon a bar fasinjojin su tashi su shiga tasha.

Da safe aka ba su izinin sauka. Sun kwashe kusan awanni biyu da rabi a cikin tashar kafin su sake hawa jirgin guda don kammala tafiyarsu zuwa Minneapolis.

Fasinja Link Christin ya yaba da matakin da sashen ya dauka.

Christin, wani malami a Kwalejin Shari'a ta William Mitchell da ke St. Paul, Minn ya ce: "Nasarar cewa akwai wani laifi ko sakaci ya fi muhimmanci a gare ni fiye da adadin tarar."

Tarar da aka ci tarar ba ta aika sako ba ga kamfanonin jiragen sama kadai ba, har ma ga ‘yan kasuwa masu fa’ida cewa “akwai sabon sheriff a garin kuma zai fi kyau su rika kula da abokan huldarsu cikin gaskiya da rikon amana,” in ji Dan Petree, shugaban makarantar kasuwanci a Jami’ar Embry-Riddle Aeronautical. Daytona Beach, Fla.

John Spanjers, shugaban Mesaba, ya ce kamfanin jirgin "yana ci gaba da jin ana gudanar da shi cikin aminci."

"Duk da haka, sabis na abokin ciniki yana da mahimmanci, kuma muna sake yin la'akari da manufofinmu da hanyoyinmu don kula da sauran jiragen na jiragen sama don yin namu namu don rage irin wannan jinkiri," in ji Spanjers.

Continental ta yi nuni da cewa a cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar ta ce tarar ta bai kai na tarar da ake yi wa reshen na Delta mai hamayya ba.

Bayan tarar, Continental ta kuma ba da cikakken maido ga kowane fasinja tare da "ba wa kowane fasinja ƙarin diyya don gane lokacinsu da rashin jin daɗi," in ji sashen.

Matakin da sashen ya dauka na zuwa ne a daidai lokacin da Majalisar ke auna dokar hakkin fasinjoji da za ta sanya wa'adin sa'o'i uku kan tsawon sa'o'i uku na kamfanonin jiragen sama za su ci gaba da jira a kan kwalta kafin su ba su damar tashi ko komawa kofa. Matakin zai baiwa kyaftin din jirgin ikon tsawaita jira na tsawon rabin sa'a idan ya bayyana cewa izinin tashi ya kusa.

Kungiyar sufurin jiragen sama, wacce ke wakiltar manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama na adawa da matakin. Jami'an masana'antu sun ce kayyade tsawon sa'o'i uku na iya haifar da matsaloli fiye da yadda ake ragewa ta hanyar kara yawan jiragen da aka soke da barin fasinjojin da ke makale a tashoshin jiragen sama na kokarin yin sabbin tsare-tsare na balaguro.

Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., da Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, masu haɗin gwiwar marubutan lissafin haƙƙin fasinjoji, sun ce a cikin wata sanarwa ta haɗin gwiwa cewa sun ji daɗin matakin da sashen ya ɗauka, amma har yanzu akwai bukatar a kafa doka. sanya ka'idoji don kula da kamfanonin jiragen sama ga abokan cinikinsu da kuma ɗaukar nauyin kamfanonin jiragen sama don cika waɗannan ka'idoji. Baya ga wa'adin sa'o'i uku, kudirin zai bukaci kamfanonin jiragen sama su samar da abinci, ruwan sha, yanayin dakin gida mai dadi da samun iska, da isassun dakunan wanka ga fasinjoji yayin tsawaita jinkiri.

Kevin Mitchell, shugaban kungiyar tafiye tafiye ta kasuwanci, kungiyar masu sayayya da ke wakiltar matafiya na kasuwanci, ya ce yana fatan tara tarar za ta zama hanyar da za ta tilasta wa masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama magance damuwa game da yadda ake kula da fasinjoji yayin tsawaita kwalta bayan shekaru da dama na neman zuwa unguwa. kashe doka.