WASHINGTON - Fiye da sa'o'i hudu, Doug Pinkham yana zaune a saman kujera 19C na jirgin saman Delta Air Lines yayin da jirgin ya ci karo da cunkoson kwalta sakamakon guguwar hunturu da ta afkawa filin jirgin saman Atlanta a daren kwanan baya.
Batirin wayarsa da kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka sun mutu, sun hana shi yin wani aiki. Ya karasa littafi, sai ma'asumi. Mafi yawa, ko da yake, Pinkham kawai ya kalli wurin zama a gabansa ko ya yi hira da matarsa. A ƙarshe jirgin ya tashi zuwa Washington, DC, da ƙarfe 2:55 na safe - 7 ½ hours a ƙarshen. Pinkham ya bi ta kofar gidansa a gajiye, karfe 5:30 na safe Yana jin kasala, ya daina aiki a ranar, ya rasa muhimman tarurruka da kiran waya. Ya kiyasta cewa hutun ranar da ya yi ba zato ba tsammani ya kashe ƙungiyar sa mai zaman kanta dala dubu da yawa.
"Ba jinkiri ba ne kawai ke kashe ku," in ji Pinkham, shugaban Majalisar Hulda da Jama'a a Washington, DC "Rasa aikin aiki ne. Taron da aka rasa. Gaskiya dole ne in fuskanci rashin barci da kuma shiga cikin wannan mawuyacin hali kuma ya ɗauki kwanaki biyu kafin in warke."
A kasa line
Yayin da raguwar farashin aiki kan lokaci ya jawo hankalin jama'a, bincike na bayanan gwamnati ya nuna wani mummunan adadin tashin jirage: bata lokaci da kudi.
A cikin watanni 11 na farkon shekarar da ta gabata, jiragen fasinja miliyan 1.6 sun yi aƙalla minti 15 a makare. Jimlar lokacin jinkirin da aka haɗa har zuwa shekaru 170 - ya tashi a hankali daga shekaru 98 da aka rasa a kan jiragen sama miliyan 1 a duk lokacin 2003. Matsakaicin jinkirin jinkirin jirgin ya karu daga 49 zuwa mintuna 56 a wannan lokacin, bayanan sun nuna.
Tare da tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin Amurka, masu mulki da ƴan majalisa suna mai da hankalinsu ga tabarbarewar tattalin arziƙin na irin wannan jinkiri. A cikin jawabin da ta yi wa kungiyar Aero Club na Washington a karshen watan Janairu, Sakatariyar Sufuri Mary Peters ta kiyasta cewa jinkirin tashin jirage na janyo asarar dala biliyan 15 a duk shekara. A wata hira da ta yi da ita, ta ce tana tunanin watakila wannan adadi ya yi kadan. "Abin mamaki ne," in ji Peters. “Yana nufin asara ga tattalin arzikinmu, asara ga ayyukanmu; yana kuma nufin hasarar ingancin rayuwa.”
Peters, wanda galibi ke daukar jiragen kasuwanci, ya ce jinkiri na iya shafar yawan aiki har ma da fasinjojin da ke tashi kan lokaci.
Kwanan nan sakataren harkokin sufuri ya tashi a jirgin da ya tashi da karfe 7 na safe daga Washington, DC, zuwa New York don halartar taron karfe 10 na safe da magajin garin Michael Bloomberg. Ta ce za ta iya yin jirgi daga baya amma ta damu cewa zai yi jinkiri.
A wannan misalin, jirginta ya zo kan lokaci - wanda ya tilasta wa babban jami'in sufuri na kasar yin niƙa kusan Gracie Mansion na sa'a guda kafin ta ga magajin gari.
"Ba kwata-kwata ba ingantaccen amfani da lokacinmu bane," in ji ta.
Mummunan sakamako na naman kaza
Matafiya da suka isa filin jirgin sama mafi yawan jama'a, filin jirgin saman Atlanta na Hartsfield-Jackson, tabbas za su yarda. Sun jimre kwatankwacin kwanaki 3,475 na jinkiri a cikin jirage masu zuwa daga watan Janairu zuwa Nuwamba, bisa ga wani bincike na sabbin bayanai da aka samu daga Ofishin Kididdiga na Sufuri.
Fasinjojin da suka isa filin jirgin sama na O'Hare na Chicago sun yi asarar ƙarin lokaci: kwanaki 4,619. Matsakaicin madaidaicin jirgin ya sauka a O'Hare mintuna 62 bayan jadawalin.
Matafiya da ke zuwa da tashi daga Washington, DC, manyan filayen tashi da saukar jiragen sama guda uku sun sha fama da jinkiri na kwanaki 4,897. Wadannan jinkirin sun jawo asarar tattalin arzikin yankin kusan dala miliyan 267, bisa ga wani m bincike na bayanan jirgin Stephen Fuller, darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Yanki a Jami'ar George Mason.
Duk da ci gaban da aka samu a fasahar da ke baiwa ma’aikata damar amfani da kwamfyutocin tafi da gidanka da aika saƙon i-mel daga wayoyin hannu ko wasu na’urori masu ɗaukar nauyi, in ji Fuller, mai yiwuwa farashin tattalin arzikin ya fi kiyasinsa. Jinkirta bayanan kawai yana ɗaukar lokacin da aka ɓace ga jirage, ba fasinjoji ba.
Alal misali, ba ya ƙididdige tasirin da ake samu kan masu tallan tallace-tallace waɗanda suka rasa haɗin gwiwa sannan suka kwashe sa'o'i a filayen jirgin sama suna ƙoƙarin hawa wasu jirage.
Babu yadda za a iya auna tsawon lokacin da fasinjoji ke jira a cikin layin tsaro ko kuma da wuri dole ne su isa filayen jirgin sama. Bayanan ba su bayyana tsawon lokacin da fasinjoji za su jira kaya ba. Har ila yau, ba su yi la'akari da rashin ingancin tsarin ba; Yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama sun ƙara lokutan tashi da aka tsara don rama abin da ya faru.
Fuller ya ce "Kuna da bakin kankara a nan." “Farashin jinkiri ya shiga cikin tattalin arziki, masana'antar baƙi, kasuwanci gabaɗaya. Yana shafar yadda muke aiki, da ingancin tattalin arziki."
Taimako yayi nisa
Jami’an sufuri sun ce sun dauki matakin magance tsaikon.
Daga cikin matakan har da sake fasalin sararin samaniyar yankin New York da ke cike da cunkoso da kuma rage yawan jiragen da ake ba da izinin sauka da tashi daga filayen jiragen sama na John F. Kennedy da Newark na kasa da kasa. Mahukunta sun ce cunkoson kwalta a birnin New York shine kan gaba wajen kawo tsaikon da ke kara kamari a fadin Amurka
Jami'an gwamnati suna aiki kan mafita na dogon lokaci, ciki har da samar da tsarin kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na tauraron dan adam wanda ya kamata ya taimaka wajen kara karfin. Sai dai tsarin har yanzu yana da shekaru da yawa daga cikar turawa, kuma ga alama an dakatar da kudaden da za su taimaka wajen samar da shirin a Majalisa.
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