Woyendetsa ndegeyo adayamika ndege yolumala pamtsinje wa Hudson ku New York mwezi watha adati kutsika mtengo kwamakampani oyendetsa ndege ku US kungawononge chitetezo cha anthu komanso mtundu wa ndege zomwe onyamula amalemba ganyu.
"Ndili ndi nkhawa kuti ntchito yoyendetsa ndegeyo sidzatha kupitiriza kukopa zabwino komanso zowala kwambiri," Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, wotsogolera ku US Airways Group Inc., adauza olemba malamulo kuti apereke umboni lero.
Oyendetsa ndege akhala akukonza ntchito kuti athane ndi kuchepa kwa mayendedwe panthawi yachuma, ndipo Sullenberger adati malipiro ake adachepetsedwa ndi 40 peresenti m'zaka zaposachedwa. Mtsinje wa Januware 15, momwe onse omwe adakwera ndegeyo adapulumuka, akuwonetsa kufunikira kwa maphunziro ndi chidziwitso kuti zochepetsera zitha kuwononga, adatero Sullenberger.
Pakhoza kukhala "zotsatira zoyipa kwa anthu owuluka ndi dziko lathu" ngati ndege zikuyendetsedwa ndi oyendetsa ndege omwe alibe chidziwitso komanso "osakwanira" oyendetsa ndege, adatero.
"Zomwe zikuchitika komanso luso la oyendetsa ndege mdziko lathu amachokera ku ndalama zomwe zidachitika zaka zapitazo pomwe tidatha kukopa anthu ofunitsitsa, aluso omwe tsopano amakonda kufunafuna ntchito zopindulitsa" kwina, adatero Sullenberger.
Sullenberger ndi ogwira nawo ntchito adafotokozanso za ngozi yomwe idatera ku Congress, monganso a Patrick Harten, woyang'anira kayendetsedwe ka ndege yemwe amayang'anira zonyamuka pa eyapoti ya LaGuardia ku New York pomwe ndegeyo idatsika.
Kufunika Kophunzitsidwa
Harten adati akuganiza kuti ndegeyo ndi omwe adakwerawo adatayika pomwe Sullenberger adalengeza kuti ayesa kutera pamadzi.
"Anthu sapulumuka akafika pamtsinje wa Hudson," adatero Harten. "Ndinkakhulupirira kuti panthawiyo ndikhala munthu womaliza kulankhula ndi aliyense m'ndegeyo wamoyo."
Ndege ya US Airways, yonyamula anthu 155, idasowa mphamvu itanyamuka. National Transportation Safety Board idati mwezi uno kuti mabwinja a goose aku Canada adapezeka m'mainjini onse awiri, kuchirikiza zomwe oyendetsa ndegewo adanena kuti ndegeyo idagunda mbalame. Membala wa NTSB a Steven Chealander adati bungweli mwina silidziwa kuchuluka kwa mbalame zomwe ndegeyo idagunda.
"Chochitikachi chikuwonetsa kufunikira kwa maphunziro ndi kukonzekera," adatero Wapampando wa Komiti Yachigawo ya House Aviation Jerry Costello, wa Democrat ku Illinois. Costello ndi mamembala ena a gululo adayamika ogwira nawo ntchito chifukwa cha zomwe adachita pa Hudson.
Sullenberger, 58, wagwira ntchito ku Tempe, Arizona-based US Airways kuyambira 1980, malinga ndi Webusayiti ya ndegeyo. Iye ndi woyendetsa ndege wakale wa Air Force.
"Mukuyimira ndege zabwino kwambiri," atero a James Oberstar, wapampando wa komiti yoyendera kunyumba komanso a Minnesota Democrat. "Lindbergh anganyadire nanu."
Malipiro
US Airways idasumira kuti Chaputala 11 chibwezedwe mu 2002 ndikutuluka muchitetezo cha khothi mu 2003. Idabwezanso kachiwiri mu Seputembala 2004, ndipo idawonekera mu Seputembala 2005 kudzera mu mgwirizano wake ndi America West Holdings Corp.
US Airways inathetsa mapulani ake a penshoni mu 2005, asanachoke ku bankirapuse, ndipo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. idakhala trustee pa mapulaniwo. Ndegeyo idapeza ndalama zoposa $ 1.1 biliyoni pachaka pantchito, malipiro komanso kuchepetsedwa kwamabungwe ake pomwe idasowa.
"Malipiro anga adadulidwa 40 peresenti," adatero Sullenberger. "Pensheni yanga, monganso ndalama zambiri zapaulendo wandege, zathetsedwa ndikusinthidwa ndi chitsimikizo cha PBGC chandalama zokha pa dollar."
Pilot Amapeza
Woyendetsa ndege wa Airbus SAS A320 amalandila ndalama zosachepera $125 pa ola limodzi ndipo amawuluka maola 72 pamwezi, $9,000 pamwezi, malinga ndi airlinepilotcentral.com, zomwe zimathandiza oyendetsa ndege kupita patsogolo pantchito. . Mkulu wazaka 12 woyamba pa ndege yomweyo amalandira $85 pa ola, kapena $6,120 pamwezi. Oyendetsa ndege zokulirapo m'njira zapadziko lonse lapansi amalipidwa mokwera kwambiri.
Magalimoto 9 akuluakulu aku US adasuntha chaka chatha kuti agwetse ndege 460 ndikudula ntchito 26,000 pomwe mitengo yamafuta idakwera kwambiri. Mtengo wamafuta a jet, omwe amayengedwa kuchokera ku zosakayikitsa, watsika ndi 72 peresenti kuyambira pachimake cha Julayi, zomwe zidapangitsa akatswiri ofufuza kuti apindule nawo mu 2009 yomwe ingakhale yoyamba kugwa kwachuma.
Payokha, woyang'anira wamkulu wa dipatimenti yoyang'anira zamayendedwe adati olamulira aku US awonetsa "bureaucratic inertia" polephera kutsatira malingaliro oyendetsa ndege, kuphatikiza omwe ali pa turboprops ndi icing.
A Mary Schiavo, omwe tsopano ndi loya wa gulu la omenyera chitetezo omwe akufuna kutsutsa bungwe la Federal Aviation Administration la dipatimentiyi, adati owongolera adayimilira pazomwe zingathandize kupewa ngozi. Kudzudzula, komwe bungweli limatsutsa, kumabwera pasanathe milungu iwiri ndege ya Pinnacle Airlines Corp. idatsika pamalo oundana pafupi ndi Buffalo, New York, ndikupha anthu 50.
Mlandu wofuna kukakamiza bungwe la FAA kuti lichitepo kanthu mogwirizana ndi malingaliro a National Transportation Safety Board lidzaperekedwa lero kukhothi la federal ku Washington, Schiavo adatero dzulo.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- A US Airways captain at top pay scale and flying an Airbus SAS A320 earns base pay of at least $125 an hour and flies a minimum of 72 hours a month, for $9,000 a month, according to airlinepilotcentral.
- The price of jet fuel, which is refined from crude, has plunged 72 percent since a July peak, spurring analysts' estimates for a collective 2009 profit that would be the industry's first in a recession.
- Airlines have been paring jobs to cope with a drop in travel demand during the recession, and Sullenberger said his pay has been trimmed 40 percent in recent years.
