Ogwira ntchito m'ndege nthawi zambiri amagulitsa ziphaso zomwe amalandira ngati zopindulitsa kuchokera kwa owalemba ntchito. Kuwagula kungakhale kowawa.
Pamene Rick Schroeder ndi Jason Chafetz adawona malo ochezera a pa intaneti akugulitsa "mapasa abwenzi" andege, adaganiza kuti apeza phindu.
Oyendetsa ndege amapereka ziphasozo ngati zopindulitsa kwa ogwira ntchito, omwe amawagwiritsa ntchito kapena kuwapatsa abwenzi ndi abale kuti awuluke modikirira pang'ono pamtengo wokhazikika. Schroeder ndi Chafetz amangoyenera kulipira misonkho ndi chindapusa paulendo wawo wandege, kupulumutsa masauzande a madola patchuthi chokonzekera Julayi.
Abwenziwo adakumana ndi abwenzi awo, wothandizira makasitomala a US Airways, ku Philadelphia International Airport mwezi watha ndikumulipira $200 aliyense, adatero Schroeder, wa gawo la Fishtown mumzindawo. Nthawi yomweyo adapereka ziphaso zaulendo wopita ku Germany ndi $282 yowonjezera iliyonse.
Patapita milungu itatu, zolinga za aŵiriwo zinathetsedwa, ndipo wapakati wawo anakana kubweza ndalamazo.
“Sindingachitenso izi,” anatero Schroeder sabata yatha.
Tsoka la Schroeder ndi Chafetz likuwonetsa vuto lomwe silikudziwika bwino lomwe ndege zimati akulimbana nazo tsiku ndi tsiku: msika wapansi panthaka umadutsa antchito.
Ngakhale kuti ntchito zambiri sizikudziwika, akuluakulu ogwira ntchito zandege akuti asokoneza malonda ambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa. Ena oyenda m'khola, kuphatikiza Schroeder, apita ku eyapoti kufunafuna antchito omwe akufuna kupanga nawo malonda.
Ngakhale kuti si zololeka, malonda opatsa ndalama amaphwanya malamulo akampani ndipo atha kuchotsedwa ntchito.
“Ndimadziŵa kuti oyendetsa ndege amaipidwa ndi zimenezi, koma ndakhala ndi mamenejala apandege akundithandizadi kupeza ziphaso,” anatero Schroeder. "Ndagwiritsa ntchito maulendo pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri."
Zili ngati "tikiti-scalping," adatero. “Mukuwona anthu kutsidya lina la Wachovia akukuwa, 'Mukufuna matikiti?' ndipo apolisi ayima pamenepo osachita chilichonse."
David Stempler, pulezidenti wa Air Travelers Association, gulu loona za ufulu wa anthu okwera ndege, adati intaneti yapangitsa kuti kugulitsa mabwenzi kukhala kosavuta. M'mbuyomu, apaulendo ochepa anali kumva za kupindula kwa wogwira ntchitoyo.
Koma Stempler adati, "Mukalowa m'dziko lino la imvi, okwera ayenera kusamala kwambiri."
Pakusesa kwake pa intaneti, chitetezo cha US Airways chinawona uthenga womwewo wa craigslist.org womwe udakopa Schroeder ndi Chafetz ndikutsata wogwira ntchitoyo, yemwe dzina lake silinaulule. Idachotsa nthumwiyo ndikubweza mtengo wa matikiti a abambowo.
Izi zidasiya Schroeder ndi Chafetz, onse azaka 33, ataya ndalama zomwe adalipira wogwira ntchitoyo, kuphatikiza $230 iliyonse pakusungitsa sitima yosabweza kuchokera ku Munich kupita ku Prague.
"Onyamulira amayang'anitsitsa antchito awo kuti apewe zachinyengo zotere," adatero David Castelveter, wolankhulira bungwe la Air Transport Association, lomwe limayimira ndege zazikulu zambiri.
Ogulitsa ndi omwe akufuna kupita nawo nthawi zambiri amatumiza mauthenga pa intaneti kufunafuna ziphaso. Ogula amagulanso malonda pa intaneti monga eBay.
"Ndikuyang'ana chiphaso cha bwanawe kuchokera kwa wogwira ntchito ku American Airlines. . . . Ndingakwanitse pafupifupi. $250, "analemba "Christine" muzolemba mwezi uno pa Topix.com.
"Chabwino, sindine wachitetezo ku American Airlines," anawonjezera pambuyo pake.
Ogwira ntchito m'ndege amapatsidwa gawo la ziphaso zomwe zimatha kumapeto kwa chaka chilichonse. Ogwira ntchito ku US Airways amalandira eyiti - kuposa momwe angagwiritse ntchito.
Zingakhale zokopa kusandutsa ndalama zowonjezera, koma "ngati mlendo atabwera kwa ine ndikufunsa ngati ndingamugulitse chiphaso, ndingakane," mneneri wa US Airways a Philip Gee adatero. Ngati ataphulika, "Ndikhoza kukokedwa ma pass anga onse, kapena ndikhoza kuthetsedwa," adatero Gee.
"Ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zimachitika nthawi ndi nthawi pa ndege iliyonse, ndipo ogwira ntchito atsopano amatha kukumana nazo," anawonjezera.
Palinso chiopsezo kwa wokwera, Gee anachenjeza.
Makasitomala omwe amagwiritsa ntchito ziphaso alibe mipando yotsimikizika, adatero. Siziperekedwa pamtengo wandege ngati ndege yaletsedwa. Komanso salipidwa matumba otayika.
Ndipo apaulendo omwe amapeza ziphaso molakwika salipidwa ndalama zolipirira ngati apezeka ndipo matikiti awo apandege akamitsidwa.
Schroeder ndi Chafetz, aku Radnor, adati akuganiza kuti wothandizila wa US Airways yemwe adachita naye sanachite chilichonse chololedwa.
“Tinkaganiza kuti mnyamatayo analibe ndalama zambiri ndipo anagulitsa mapasi a bwenzi ake onse atangowalandira chaka chilichonse,” Schroeder analembera akuluakulu a US Airways.
Schroeder, injiniya wachitetezo chazidziwitso wa University of Pennsylvania Health System, ndi Chafetz, yemwe ali ndi kampani yomanga, anali ndi chiyembekezo choti akwera kalasi yoyamba tsiku laulendo wawo. Kudutsa kwa bwenzi kudatha kupulumutsa aliyense pafupifupi $3,500.
Iwo anazindikira kuti matikiti awo anathetsedwa ataona kuti ndalama zawo zabweza ngongole. Oyendetsa ndege adapeza malo awo potsata ziphaso.
Schroeder adati adabwerera ku US Airways terminal ndipo adamva kuti wogwira ntchito yemwe adagulitsa ziphasozo - komanso yemwe dzina lake samakumbukiranso - adachotsedwa ntchito.
Iye ndi Chafetz anali ozunzidwa “osati chifukwa cha ife tokha,” iye analembera kalata akuluakulu a US Airways. “Chomwe tikukupemphani n’chakuti ulendo wathu ubwezeredwe pamtengo umene tinakonza kuti tidzalipire.
“Sindikuona kuti n’koyenera kutilanga chifukwa cha kusaona mtima kwa wantchito ameneyu.
Chafetz, yemwe adafunsidwa paulendo wamalonda ku Thailand, adati "adakhumudwa kwambiri" kuti kampaniyo inakana pempho lawo.
"Ndikuganiza kuti ndi udindo [wa US Airways']," adatero. "Ayenera kutenga zotayika."
Koma akuluakulu oyendetsa ndege amati kugulidwa kwa abwenzi ndi chitsanzo china cha chinthu chomwe chikuwoneka ngati chabwino kwambiri kuti chitha kukhala chowona - ndipo chiri.
Onyamula "ali tcheru," atero a Castelveter, wa Air Transport Association.
"Ziphaso za abwanawe sizinapangidwe kuti zipeze ndalama."
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