Ogwira ntchito ku Big Sky Airlines, motsogozedwa ndi oyendetsa ndege, akuyesera kugula bizinesi yochokera ku Billings ndikupitiliza kuyendetsa ndege za Essential Air Service ku Eastern Montana.
Woyendetsa ndege wa Big Sky Bruce Tall, yemwe amatsogolera Local 15 wa United Transportation Union, ndi oyendetsa ndege ena ochokera ku Billings adawulukira ku Helena kumayambiriro kwa sabata ino kukakumana ndi Boma Brian Schweitzer ndi antchito ake.
Lachitatu masana, iwo anapita patsogolo ndi kuyimba foni ndi chitukuko cha zachuma m'deralo ndi akuluakulu a bwalo la ndege kuti athandize marshale kuti Big Sky ikuwuluka.
"Iyi ndi kampani ya Montana ndipo tonse ndife a Montanans tikukhala pano, ndipo tikufuna kusunga izi ku Montana," adatero Tall pamsonkhanowu, womwe unaphatikizapo a Commissioners a Yellowstone County a John Ostlund ndi Jim Reno.
Oyendetsa ndege akukonzekera kugula Big Sky Airlines, koma gulu logula likuphatikizapo amakanika ndi antchito ochokera ku mabungwe ena, Tall adatero.
Mu Disembala, Big Sky Airlines idalengeza kuti ikutaya ndalama zambiri powuluka njira zaku East Coast za Delta Airlines pambuyo pakukula komwe kudayamba chaka chatha. Ndege zaku East Coast zija zidatha pa Januware 7.
Big Sky ndi ya kampani ya Minneapolis yotchedwa MAIR Holdings Inc., yomwe idalengeza mwezi watha kuti ikugulitsa katundu wandege ndipo isiya bizinesi yake.
Akuluakulu a MAIR ndi Big Sky adapanganso mgwirizano ndi Great Lakes Aviation, yomwe ili ku Cheyenne, Wyo., Kuti atenge ndege za Big Sky's EAS kupita kumatawuni asanu ndi awiri a Montana kumayambiriro kwa Feb. 1.
Essential Air Service ndi pulogalamu ya U.S. Department of Transportation yomwe imapereka ndalama zothandizira onyamula ndege kuti aziwulukira kumizinda ndi matauni ang'onoang'ono okhala ndi njira zomwe sizingakhale zopindulitsa.
"Sindidzalingalira ngati Great Lakes kapena ndege ina iliyonse idzafika pa Feb. 1 ndikutenga FAS panthawi yochepa," adatero Tall.
Kuti amalize kugula, ogwira ntchito ku Big Sky ali ndi zovuta ziwiri zazikulu: kupeza ndalama ndi kukakamiza DOT kuti asinthe chisankho chake chopereka mgwirizano wa ndege ku Great Lakes Aviation.
Akatswiri opitilira XNUMX akutukuka kwachuma ochokera kumizinda ya Kum'mawa kwa Montana omwe amadalira ndege, komanso oimira nthumwi za Congress ya Montana ndi ofesi ya kazembe, adatenga nawo gawo pamsonkhano wa Lachitatu.
"Izi ndizovuta kwambiri kukhazikitsa ndege yatsopano," adatero Tall.
Big Sky Capt. Eric Knudson adakhala pamisonkhano pamene Nyanja Yaikulu idapereka kuti itenge njira za Montana ndipo adanena kuti akuluakulu a Great Lakes sanathe kudzipereka ku ndege ku Helena. Helena, Great Falls ndi Missoula sakuthandizidwa ndipo mwachiwonekere sali gawo la ntchito ya Great Lakes, adatero.
"Tikukhulupirira kuti wina akuyenera kukwera ndege ku Sidney ndikupita ku Kalispell osadutsa Minneapolis kapena Denver," adatero Knudson.
Kwa Capt. Tom Witten, nkhani ndi zachuma.
"Tili ndi chidwi chosunga ntchito ku Montana komanso ndalama zomwe zimachokera komanso ndalama," adatero Witten. "Ndi chitukuko chachuma cha Montana chomwe tikuyesera kusunga."
Lachiwiri, Big Sky idatumiza makalata antchito awo kuti tsiku lawo lomaliza kugwira ntchito likhala Marichi 8.
Ostlund ndi Reno adati amagwirizana ndi lingaliroli ndipo adanenanso kuti ogwira ntchito ku Big Sky afunse mabungwe otukuka azachuma am'deralo kuti apeze ndalama. Ndalamazi zingathandize kupanga kusiyana pazachuma zomwe mabanki kapena azandalama ena angapereke.
Evan Barrett, wogwira ntchito zachitukuko chachuma cha bwanamkubwa, adati kufunafuna thandizo kuchokera kwa anthu ammudzi monga Sidney, Wolf Point, Glendive ndi Havre - zomwe zimadalira Big Sky kuti zithandize ndege - ndizofunikira. Koma iye adati nkhaniyi ndi yovuta.
"Ndizosakhwima chifukwa kwenikweni Great Lakes ndi omwe amapereka chithandizo pano pokhapokha zitasintha," adatero Barrett. "Komabe tili ndi gulu la a Montanans omwe akuti akufuna kuchita izi, chifukwa chake sitikufuna kuwatsekera, ndiye tiwapatsa thandizo laukadaulo lomwe akufuna."
Iye adalangiza oyendetsa ndegewo kuti apitirize kufufuza ndalama zomwe zilipo komanso kuti amalize kulemba ndondomeko ya bizinesi.
"Makampani awiri akupikisana kuti azitumikira Montana, ndipo ndizabwino kuposa ayi," adatero Barrett.
Yakwana nthawi yoti tigwirizane. Ngati Big Sky Airlines itayimitsa, satifiketi yoyendetsa ndege yonyamula ndege kuchokera ku Federal Aviation Administration imatha masiku 30 pambuyo pake.
"Ndiye (kubwezeretsanso) ndizovuta kuukitsa komanso okwera mtengo kwambiri," adatero Knudson.
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