Secretary of Transportation ku US, a Pete Buttigieg adalengeza zomwe zidachitika ndi US Department of Transportation (USDOT) kuti zithandizire kuteteza okwera ndege.
USDOT yatulutsa Bill of Rights Passengers with Disability Bill of Rights (Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights) woyamba ndikupereka chidziwitso kumakampani andege kuti akhazikitse ana ang'onoang'ono pafupi ndi kholo.
“Zilengezo zamasiku ano ndi njira zaposachedwa kwambiri zowonetsetsa kuti njira yoyendera pandege imagwira ntchito kwa aliyense,” adatero Mlembi wa US Transportation a Pete Buttigieg.
“Kaya ndinu kholo mukuyembekezera kudzakhala limodzi ndi ana anu aang’ono pandege, wapaulendo wolumala woyenda paulendo wa pandege, kapena wogula paulendo wa pandege kwa nthaŵi yoyamba m’kupita kwa nthaŵi, muyenera kukhala osungika, ofikirika, otsika mtengo; ndi utumiki wandege wodalirika.”
Zolengeza izi zimabwera panthawi yomwe madandaulo a ogula motsutsana ndi ndege zakwera kuposa 300% kuposa momwe mliri usanachitike.
Zochita zolengezedwa ndi a Dipatimenti Yoyendetsa ku US monga:
Kusindikiza Lamulo Loyamba Kwambiri la Ufulu wa Okwera Ndege Olemala
The Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights, chidule chosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito chaufulu wofunikira wa oyenda pandege omwe ali ndi zilema pansi pa Air Carrier Access Act, ipatsa mphamvu oyenda pandege olumala kuti amvetsetse ndikutsimikizira ufulu wawo, ndikuthandizira kuonetsetsa kuti US ndipo onyamula ndege akunja ndi makontrakitala awo amatsatira maufulu amenewo. Linapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito ndemanga zochokera ku Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee, yomwe imaphatikizapo oimira anthu olumala, mabungwe olemala m'mayiko, onyamula ndege, ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege, ogwira ntchito za makontrakitala, opanga ndege, opanga ma wheelchair, ndi bungwe lankhondo lachikale loyimira asilikali olumala. . Lamulo la Ufulu limapereka chidule chosavuta, chosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito cha malamulo omwe alipo olamulira ufulu wa anthu olumala oyenda pandege.
Kuyimbira Ma Airlines Kuti Akhazikitse Makolo Ndi Ana Awo
Masiku ano, bungwe la USDOT loona za chitetezo cha ogula pa ndege (OACP) lapereka chilengezo cholimbikitsa ndege za ku United States kuti zitsimikizire kuti ana azaka 13 kapena kucheperapo akukhala pafupi ndi munthu wamkulu amene akutsagana naye popanda ndalama zowonjezera. Ngakhale kuti Dipatimentiyi imalandira madandaulo ochepa kuchokera kwa ogula okhudzana ndi kukhala pabanja kusiyana ndi nkhani zina za ndege, padakali madandaulo a nthawi zina pamene ana aang'ono, kuphatikizapo mwana wa miyezi 11, sakhala pafupi ndi munthu wamkulu wotsagana naye. Chakumapeto kwa chaka chino, OACP idzayambitsa kuwunika kwa ndondomeko za ndege ndi madandaulo ogula omwe aperekedwa ku Dipatimenti. Ngati ndondomeko zokhala ndi mipando ya ndege zipezeka kuti zikulepheretsa mwana kukhala pafupi ndi wachibale kapena wachibale wina wachikulire yemwe akutsagana naye, dipatimentiyi ikhala yokonzekera kuchitapo kanthu mogwirizana ndi akuluakulu aboma.
Kuthana ndi Madandaulo a Ogula ndi Kubwezeredwa
Lipoti laposachedwa la Air Travel Consumer Report, lomwe linatulutsidwa mwezi watha, likuwonetsa kuti madandaulo ogula okhudzana ndi ndege akupitilira 300% kuposa momwe mliri usanachitike.
Zofanana ndi 2020 ndi 2021, kubweza ndalama kukupitilizabe kukhala gawo lalikulu kwambiri la madandaulo omwe alandilidwa ndi dipatimenti ndipo mavuto oyendetsa ndege ndiwachiwiri kwambiri.
Kuti athetse ndikufufuza madandaulo akuluwa, USDOT idachulukitsa ogwira ntchito omwe amadandaula ndi ogula ndi 38%. OACP yayambitsa kafukufuku wokhudza ndege zopitilira 20 chifukwa cholephera kubweza ndalama munthawi yake. Kumodzi mwa kufufuzaku kunapangitsa kuti pakhale chilango chachikulu kwambiri chomwe sichinayesedwe motsutsana ndi ndege.
Kuphatikiza apo, OACP ikupitilizabe kuyang'anira kuchedwa ndi kuletsa kwa ndege kuti zitsimikizire kuti zikutsata zofunikira zachitetezo cha ogula. USDOT ikuganiza zochita zamtsogolo m'derali kuti ateteze bwino ogula. USDOT ikufunanso, kumapeto kwa chaka chino, kutulutsa malamulo oteteza ogula pakubweza matikiti andege komanso kuwonekera kwa ndalama zothandizira ndege.
Ogula atha kupereka madandaulo ogula oyenda pandege kapena madandaulo a ufulu wachibadwidwe ku USDOT ngati akukhulupirira kuti ufulu wawo waphwanyidwa.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- “Whether you're a parent expecting to sit together with your young children on a flight, a traveler with a disability navigating air travel, or a consumer traveling by air for the first time in a while, you deserve safe, accessible, affordable, and reliable airline service.
- The Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights, an easy-to-use summary of the fundamental rights of air travelers with disabilities under the Air Carrier Access Act, will empower air travelers with disabilities to understand and assert their rights, and help ensure that U.
- Although the Department receives a lower number of complaints from consumers about family seating than some other flight issues, there continue to be complaints of instances where young children, including a child as young as 11 months, are not seated next to an accompanying adult.
