Wilkes: Atatu mwa mabungwe akulu akulu pa ndege akuwoneka kuti akutsata kampaniyo komanso udindo wawo. Association of Flight Attendants, Air Line Pilots Association ndi Teamsters onse adapereka ziganizo kwa mamembala awo akuwonetsa kuti mabungwe onse amathandizira ndipo avomereza ntchitoyo. Izi ndi zodabwitsa chifukwa mabungwe ambiri amanyansidwa kulola mfundo zatsopano zokhazikitsidwa ndi oyang'anira popanda kukambirana zosintha zotere. Mwina n’zochititsa chidwi kunena kuti 80-90 peresenti ya mamembala amgwirizanowo ali kale ndi katemera. Chifukwa chake, chiwerengero chochulukira cha umembala mumgwirizano uliwonse mwachiwonekere chimakonda udindo chifukwa chodera nkhawa thanzi lawo, ndi thanzi la mabanja awo. Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, osachepera awiri mwa mabungwewo adawona kuti zigamulo zaposachedwa za makhothi zimawapangitsa kukhulupirira kuti olemba anzawo ntchito angapambane pazovuta zalamulo pazantchito ya katemera.
Q: Kodi pakhala kubweza mbuyo pa chilengezochi?
Wilkes: Nthawi zonse pamakhala kutsutsana, koma ngati pali kukana kwakukulu ndi nkhani ina. Tikudziwa kuti International Association of Machinists, yomwe ikuyimira opitilira gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ogwira ntchito ku United States, kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito m'misewu kupita kwa osungitsa malo, sikulumphira mwachangu ndi mabungwe ena kulengeza thandizo. A Machinists adalengeza kuti amalimbikitsa katemera, koma akuyembekezera kumva kuchokera kwa umembala wawo asanayese.
Q: Kodi ogwira ntchito omwe amatsutsana kwambiri ndi katemera wa COVID-19 ali ndi njira iliyonse akatemera omwe amapatsidwa ndi olemba anzawo ntchito?
Wilkes: United ndi olemba anzawo ntchito akuyenera kutsatira malamulo a federal, omwe amapereka zosiyana ziwiri. Ngati wogwira ntchito angapereke umboni wa zifukwa zachipembedzo kapena zachipatala zolepheretsa kulandira katemera, akhoza kupeŵa kuchotsedwa ntchito. Kukhululukidwa kwachikhulupiriro ndi zachipatala kumaganiziridwa pazochitika ndi zochitika. Izi nthawi zambiri zimakhala zochitika pakati pa wogwira ntchito ndi owalemba ntchito ndipo sizimathera ndi chilengezo chachidule cha wantchito kuti “ndizotsutsana ndi chipembedzo changa,” kapena zina zotero. Mwachitsanzo, United ipereka ufulu kwa iwo omwe angatsimikizire kuti ali oyenerera, koma ogwira ntchitowo adzafunika kuvala masks nthawi zonse akugwira ntchito pa ndege. Iwo omwe amangotsutsa kapena sakhulupirira katemera, kapena omwe m'malo mwake amakhulupirira imodzi mwazambiri zachiwembu zomwe zimatsutsana ndi katemera wa COVID-19 adzalandira katemera kapena kutaya ntchito.
