A Trump asankha wamkulu wakale wa FAA ku Delta Air Lines

Mkulu wakale woyendetsa ndege ku Delta Air Lines adasankhidwa ndi Purezidenti Trump kuti ayendetse Federal Aviation Administration, yomwe ikuyang'aniridwa kuti ilole Boeing 737 MAX 8 yomwe ili ndi mavuto kunyamula anthu.

Steve Dickson, yemwe adakhala zaka 27 ndi Delta asanapume pantchito mu Okutobala ngati wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamkulu wa oyendetsa ndege, alowa nawo bungweli mkati mwa nthawi yovuta kwambiri m'mbiri yaposachedwa, pomwe mlembi wa Transportation Elaine Chao adapempha kuti aunikenso ziphaso zake. ndegeyi, ziwiri zomwe zakhala zikuchita ngozi zowopsa m'miyezi isanu yapitayi.

Ngakhale dzina la Dickson akuti lidaganiziridwa kuyambira Novembara, a Trump adalola FAA kukhala yopanda mtsogoleri kwa chaka chopitilira kutha kwa nthawi ya mkulu wa bungwe la Obama Michael Huerta. Daniel Elwell, yemwe adatsogolera FAA pansi pa George W. Bush, wakhala akuyendetsa bungweli pakanthawi kochepa popanda kutsimikiziridwa ndi Senate.

Mwamuna wochokera ku Delta adzakhala mtsogoleri woyamba wa FAA m'zaka makumi atatu kuti abwere kuntchito kuchokera ku udindo wapamwamba wa ndege - chinthu chofanana ndi Trump, yemwe walembera mamembala angapo a nduna kuchokera kumakampani aku America kuti azigwira ntchito. mabungwe omwe ali ndi udindo wowongolera omwe anali olemba anzawo ntchito akale. Secretary of Defense a Patrick Shanahan, yemwe m'mbuyomu adagwirapo ntchito ku Boeing, ndi amodzi okha omwe adasankhidwa.

FAA ili pamoto chifukwa chololeza Boeing kuchita mbali zofunika kwambiri pakuyesa kwake chitetezo ndi kutsimikizira ziphaso. Gulu la mainjiniya apano komanso akale ochokera kwa oyang'anira ndi opanga ndege akuti FAA idangotenga mawu a Boeing kuti ndege yawo yatsopano inali yotetezeka - kuyang'anira komwe maiko ena akuti adakulitsa pakuyesa kwawo kwawoko pang'ono, potengera oyang'anira aku US. sakadatsimikizira ndege yopanda chitetezo. Boeing akuimbidwanso mlandu "wodula ngodya" kuti atsimikizire mwachangu ndegeyo kuti ipikisane ndi Airbus A320 Neo yatsopano - pakati pawo, Airbus ndi Boeing ndi gawo la mkango wa ndege zonse zonyamula anthu - komanso kulephera kuphunzitsa bwino oyendetsa kuti azigwira nawo ntchito. ndondomeko zapakhomo.

Ndege ya Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 inagwa kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno itangonyamuka ku Addis Ababa kupita ku Nairobi, ndikupha anthu 157 omwe anali nawo atadumphira mwadzidzidzi m'munda. Inali yachiwiri ya Boeing 737 Max 8 kukumana ndi tsoka loterolo pasanathe miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, ndipo ofufuza anena za "kufanana koonekeratu" pakati pa ngoziyi ndi ngozi ya Lion Air Flight 610 mu Okutobala, yomwe idapha anthu 189.