Kamfanin jiragen sama na Amurka (A4A), kungiyar cinikayyar masana'antu na manyan kamfanonin jiragen saman Amurka, ta sanar a yau cewa Kwamitin Gudanarwa ya zabi Shugaban Kamfanin Kudu maso Yamma da Shugaba Gary Kelly don ya zama Shugaban Hukumar na wa’adin shekaru biyu daga 1 ga Janairu, 2021. Robin Hayes, An zaɓi Shugaban Kamfanin JetBlue Airways, ya zama Mataimakin Shugaban ƙungiyar.
"Muna farin cikin samun Gary ya hau matsayin Shugaban a lokacin irin wannan gagarumin kalubale ga masana'antarmu, masu jigilar kaya da ma'aikata," in ji Shugaban A4A da Shugaba Nicholas E. Calio. "Shekarar nan ta lalace wa kamfanonin jiragen saman Amurka, kuma muna fatan sake gina masana'antar da sake dawo da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a sabuwar shekara karkashin jagoranci da hangen nesan Gary da Robin."
Kafin wannan annobar, kamfanonin jiragen saman Amurka suna jigilar fasinjoji miliyan 2.5 da kuma kaya tan 58,000 a kowace rana. Yayin da aka aiwatar da takunkumin tafiye-tafiye da umarnin gida-gida, bukatar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ya ragu matuka tare da yawan fasinjojin da ya fadi da kashi 96 cikin dari zuwa matakin da ba a gani ba tun kafin wayewar zamanin jirgin. An tilastawa masu jigilar jirage yanke jiragen kuma a halin yanzu suna kona tsabar kudi dala miliyan 180 kowace rana don kawai su ci gaba da aiki. Saurin yaduwar COVID-19 tare da takunkumi na gwamnati da kasuwanci da aka sanya kan zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na ci gaba da yin tasirin da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba kuma ya lalata jiragen saman Amurka, da ma'aikatansu da kuma jama'a masu tafiya da jigilar kayayyaki. A yau, yawan fasinjoji ya sauka da kashi 65-70 bisa dari, saurin sabbin rajista ya ragu kuma masu jigilar kaya sun bada rahoton karuwar sokewar abokan ciniki.
“A duk lokacin da cutar ta yadu, ma’aikatan kamfanin jirgin saman Amurka sun ci gaba da ba da muhimman ayyuka, gami da jigilar ma’aikatan lafiya, kayan aiki da kayayyaki. Yanzu, yayin da al’ummarmu ke shirin amincewa da allurar rigakafin kwayar cutar, ya fi muhimmanci fiye da kowane lokaci cewa ma’aikatanmu suna bakin aiki kuma a shirye suke su taimaka wajen rarraba wadannan alluran a duk fadin kasar da ma duniya baki daya, ”in ji Kelly. "Muna godiya da goyon bayan da Washington ta bayar a baya a watan Maris tare da Shirin Tallafi na Albashi (PSP), kuma muna ci gaba da rokon Majalisa da ta zartar da wani kunshin tallafi na tarayya wanda zai taimaka wajen kiyaye ayyukan wadannan mata da maza masu kwazo a masana'antar jirgin saman Amurka. Bugu da kari, A4A da mambobinta suna fatan ganawa da mambobin sabuwar gwamnatin don tattaunawa kan abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a tsakaninsu don kiyaye tsarin sufurin jiragen sama na kasa mai matukar bayar da gudummawa ga tattalin arzikinmu. ”
Dokar CARES da aka zartar a watan Maris ta haɗa da taimakon biyan kuɗi kai tsaye ga kamfanonin jiragen saman Amurka, suna ba da agajin kuɗi nan da nan da ake buƙata don kiyaye ayyukan jirgin sama. Abun takaici, lokacin da wannan kudin ya kare a ranar 30 ga watan Satumba, dubun dubatan ma'aikata - gami da ma'aikatan jirgin, matukan jirgi, kanikanci da sauran su - sun cika fuska. Kamfanonin jiragen saman Amurka sun ce suna iya dawo da waɗannan ayyukan idan aka faɗaɗa PSP, amma wannan yana ƙara fuskantar ƙalubale kowace rana.
“Babu shakka game da shi, babban burinmu shi ne tsira da kiyaye ma’aikatanmu kan aiki da kuma fita daga layin rashin aikin yi. Hakanan ba za mu iya kawar da idanunmu daga mahimmancin dorewa ba, ”in ji Hayes. “A karshen shekarar da ta gabata - kafin annobar - Ina tuna cewa na ce dorewa mai yiwuwa ne mafi mahimmancin batun da ke fuskantar masana'antar. Dole ne mu dukufa sosai don samun ci gaba mai dorewa. ”
