Ndege zinayi zomaliza za Big Sky Airlines zitera ku Billings m'mawa uno, ma taxi kupita kumalo awo oimikapo magalimoto ndikutsitsa okwera, nthawi yaku Montana ikutha.
Kwazaka makumi atatu, ndege yokhayo yaku Montana yakhala ikuwulutsa ndege zazing'ono zonyamula anthu kupita kumizinda isanu ndi iwiri ya Kum'mawa kwa Montana. Ndege zomwe zimatchedwa Essential Air Service zimathandizidwa ndi boma ndi ndalama zolipiridwa ndi okwera ndege ena aku US.
Kuyambira pa Feb. 1, mgwirizano wa Big Sky's EAS, wokwana madola 8.5 miliyoni pachaka, unaperekedwa ku Great Lakes Aviation ya Cheyenne, Wyo. .
Chifukwa chake kwa miyezi ingapo, maulendo apaulendo opita ku Glasgow, Glendive, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Sidney ndi Wolf Point atha.
Ngakhale kuti ndege za Big Sky zalephera kukopa anthu ambiri m’zaka zaposachedwapa, mabizinesi ena a Hi-Line ataya ndalama zambirimbiri.
Randy Holom, woyang'anira chipatala cha Glasgow's Frances Mahon Deaconess, amagwiritsa ntchito Big Sky pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a Loweruka ndi Lamlungu chaka chilichonse kuwulutsa madotolo akuchipatala chake ndikuwapatsa madotolo amderalo nthawi yopuma. Dokotala wotsatira akuwuluka pa Marichi 22, ndipo Holom adati njira yokhayo yosavuta ndikubwereketsa ndege.
Iye anati: “Zingatiwonongere ndalama zokwana madola 3,200 kumapeto kwa mlungu kuti tizikwera ndi ndege. "Kungoganiza kuti Nyanja Yaikulu idzayamba kugwira ntchito kumapeto kwa Julayi, idzatitengera $32,000 paulendo wa ER kwa milungu 19 ikubwerayi."
Chipatalachi chili ndi Cessna 210, koma Holom adati ali ndi nkhawa zowulutsa ndege ya injini imodzi kudutsa malo akulu ngati mapiri akuyenda kuchokera Kumadzulo.
Madokotala angapo omwe amapanga maulendo oterowo adanena kuti sangayendetse maola asanu kapena asanu ndi limodzi ulendo umodzi kupita ku Glasgow kapena Wolf Point. Ulendo woterewu ungakhale wopanda chitetezo pambuyo pa maola 48 a ER stint, adatero.
Zaka khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo, wogulitsa GMC ku Wolf Point adayamba kubwereka galimoto imodzi. Masiku ano, High Plains Motors imasunga magalimoto asanu ndi awiri kapena asanu ndi atatu omwe amabwereka nthawi yonse yachilimwe. Makumi asanu ndi atatu mwa makasitomala ogulitsa adawuluka Big Sky, adatero Marvin Presser, yemwe ndi m'modzi mwa eni ake.
"Ziribe kanthu komwe mukuchokera, ndikutali," adatero Presser. "Titha kupulumuka, koma mwachiwonekere ngati Great Lakes sabwera, ndiye kuti pamapeto pake ndikukhulupirira kuti bizinesi yathu yobwereketsa magalimoto ichepa."
Ku Scobey, ogwira ntchito ndi mamembala a bungwe la Nemont Telephone Cooperative Inc. ankagwiritsa ntchito Big Sky pafupipafupi moti wothandizira wamkulu Pat Kanning adagula matikiti andege a kampani yake mochulukira, nthawi zambiri matikiti asanu obwerera ndi kubwerera nthawi imodzi. General Manager Shawn Hanson adati Nemont iphonya Big Sky.
"Chotero tiyenera kuyang'ana ndege zomwe zimawulukira ku Williston, ndipo tikhala tikuyendetsa kwambiri," adatero.
Deregulation kusintha zonse
Makampani oyendetsa ndege aku US asanachotsedwe mu 1978, boma la federal lidalamula kuti ndege zizitha kuwuluka ndikuthandiza mayendedwe. Pambuyo pochotsa malamulo, makampani a ndege adataya ndalamazo ndipo amatha kuwuluka kulikonse komwe akufuna.
Kum'mawa kwa Montana sikunali kopindulitsa, ndipo monga madera ena akumidzi, sikukanakhala ndi ndege zamalonda ngati Congress sinakhazikitse pulogalamu ya Essential Air Service. Pulogalamuyi inali yopereka ndalama zothandizira ndege zopita kumizinda yaying'ono kwa zaka 10 mpaka atapanga njira zina zoyendera. Koma EAS yapitilira zaka makumi atatu.
Mu 1978, John Rabenberg waku Fort Peck adayamba kukopa Big Sky ndi ntchito za EAS ku Eastern Montana. Watsogolera Montana EAS Task Force kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa. Masiku ano, mlimiyo komanso woyendetsa ndegeyo ananena kuti wakhumudwa kwambiri.
"Izi zikhala zokhumudwitsa komanso zokhumudwitsa kwambiri. Aka kanali koyamba m’zaka 30 kuti ndege zisokonezedwe,” adatero Rabenberg. "Ngakhale titasintha kuchoka ku Frontier kupita ku Big Sky, panalibe kusokoneza kwa ntchito."
Komabe, otsutsa a EAS amatsutsa kuti yakula kwambiri, imawononga pafupifupi $ 120 miliyoni pachaka. Amadandaulanso kuti ntchito ku Montana ndiyopanda ndalama chifukwa ma Beechcraft 19s okhala ndi anthu 1900 omwe Big Sky idawuluka nthawi zambiri imakhala yopanda kanthu.
Othandizira ngati a Larry Miers, katswiri wa chitukuko cha zachuma mdera la Glasgow, adati zoyendera zapagulu zamitundu yonse zimathandizidwa komanso kuti madera okhala ndi anthu ochepa mdziko muno akuyenera kulandira ndege.
Anati akukhulupirira kuti Great Lakes ali ndi chidwi chobwera ku Montana.
"Akhala akutsata Montana mwamphamvu kwa zaka zitatu kapena zinayi," adatero Miers.
Palibe ndalama zothandizira EAS zomwe zimaperekedwa ku ndege pokhapokha ndegezo zitanyamuka.
Komabe, a Rabenberg adanena kuti dipatimenti ya zamayendedwe ku US idapereka thandizo ku Nyanja Yaikulu pomwe silingathe kuwuluka mayendedwe amatanthauza kuti Montana ili ndi mphamvu zochepa zotsatsa.
“Kulibe. Timachitcha kuti mgwirizano ndi DOT, koma sichoncho. Ndi mgwirizano,” adatero. "Palibe mano ngati sawuluka."
M'mabizinesi ambiri, kutayika kwa wina ndi mwayi wa munthu wina. Makampani obwereketsa am'deralo atha kutenga ena mwa apaulendo a Big Sky, koma izi sizinachitikebe ku Edwards Jet Center ku Billings.
"Ndi kumveka kwake, Nyanja Yaikulu ikhala muno m'miyezi itatu ikubwerayi ndipo sitidzasintha magwiridwe antchito athu m'miyezi itatu ikubwerayi," atero a General Manager Robb Bergeson.
Kent ndi Stephanie Potter, omwe ali ndi Northern Skies Aviation ku Laurel, adanenanso kuti amayembekezera zotsatira zochepa pa bizinesi yawo kuchokera ku kutha kwa Big Sky.
Kent Potter adawulukira ku Big Sky kwa zaka zisanu. Ntchitoyi inali yabwino, adatero, koma adawulutsa ndege zambiri zopanda kanthu. Palibe ndege zamainjini awiri mdziko muno zomwe zimabwereketsa ndalama zosakwana $500 pa ola, Potter adatero, kotero sakudziwa kuti munthu m'modzi kapena awiri angakwanitse bwanji kulipira.
Iye anati: “Mukauluka kwa maola awiri kapena atatu, ndalamazo zimakwana masauzande ambiri. Kodi mungakwere bwanji ndege masauzande ambiri pomwe munazolowera kukwera ndege ndi $180?"
Big Sky Airlines ndi ya MAIR Holdings Inc., yochokera ku Minneapolis. Pakalipano, MAIR yatsutsa kuyesa kwa ogwira ntchito ku Big Sky ndi Phoenix Acquisition LLC kugula ndege ndikuyendetsa ndege, ponena kuti gululo linalibe ndalama.
Kuyesera kogula kumeneko kudzakhala kovuta kwambiri tsopano Big Sky ndi MAIR kutuluka bizinesi ndikuyesera kugulitsa kapena kubwereketsa ndege.
Pambuyo pake m'mawa uno, antchito ena a Big Sky adzakhala ndi pikiniki yomaliza mu nyumba ya ndege ya Billings Logan International Airport.
Iwo omwe sanajambule cheke chawo chomaliza apitilizabe kutseka masiteshoni, kubwereketsa kapena kugulitsa ndege ndikutseka Big Sky Airlines.
Atakwera ndege ku Big Sky kwa zaka 10, woyendetsa ndege Eric Knudson wapeza ntchito ina yowulutsa ma 737s kapena 717s pa AirTran Airways kuchokera ku Atlanta, Ga., ndipo angafunike kusamutsira banja lake kumwera chakum'mawa. Sipadzakhalanso kuyenda kukagwira ntchito kudutsa Montana State University-Billings' campus ku Rimrocks kupita ku eyapoti.
The Big Sky Zaka zidapereka zonse zowuluka modabwitsa komanso georgraphy yabwino kwambiri kuti iwuluke, adatero.
"Ndizomvetsa chisoni komanso ndi zowawa," adatero. "Ndapeza ntchito yatsopano, koma kulumikizana ndi anthu onse akumidzi komanso mabanja a Big Sky omwe akuwomberedwa ndi mphepo zinayi."
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