Boma la US OKs Delta, kuphatikiza kumpoto chakumadzulo

Kugwirizana kwa Delta Air Lines Inc. ndi Northwest Airlines Corp. kunathetsa vuto lina la boma Lolemba. Bungwe la United States Federal Aviation Administration lavomereza mapulani a Atlanta-based Delta ndi Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest kuti apeze chiphaso chimodzi chogwiritsira ntchito chonyamulira chophatikizana, ndegezo zinalengeza mu nkhani.

Mapulani omwe amaperekedwa ndi onyamulirawo akuwonetsa zomwe ndege zingachite m'miyezi 15 mpaka 18 ikubwerayi kuti aphatikize ntchito zawo zatsiku ndi tsiku ndikukwaniritsa chiphaso chimodzi chogwira ntchito, onyamula ndegewo adatero. Satifiketiyi ilola kuti ma ndege azitha kuphatikiza magwiridwe antchito pambuyo pomaliza kugwirizanitsa komwe akuyembekezeka, komwe akuluakulu a Delta ati atha kutha kumapeto kwa chaka.

"Ichi ndi chofunikira kwambiri pakuyesa kugwirizanitsa ndege zathu ziwiri," atero a John Laughter, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Delta pantchito yokonza, potulutsa nkhani.

Delta idalengeza mu Epulo kuti iphatikizana ndi Kumpoto chakumadzulo mumgwirizano wazinthu zonse za $ 17.7 biliyoni, zomwe zitha kupanga chonyamulira chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

"Kuvomereza dongosolo lathu kumayala maziko a kusintha kwa ntchito zathu," atero a Ken Hylander, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wamkulu wa chitetezo, zomangamanga ndi chitetezo cha kumpoto chakumadzulo. "Cholinga chathu chachikulu ndikukhazikitsa kusintha kosasinthika kwa makasitomala athu ndipo ichi ndi sitepe yayikulu kuti izi zitheke."

Ogawana nawo onse awiriwa akuyenera kuvota pakuphatikiza Lachinayi, ndikuvomerezedwa ndi anthu ambiri. Kuphatikizikaku kwalandilidwa kale ndi European Commission ndipo DL ndi NWA akuti akuyembekeza kuvomerezedwa ndi US Department of Justice pakutha kwa chaka.

Ndege yophatikizidwa, yomwe idzatchedwa Delta, idzagwiritsa ntchito gulu lalikulu la ndege pafupifupi 800 ndikulemba antchito pafupifupi 75,000 padziko lonse lapansi.

Merger akhoza kuwopseza penshoni za antchito - zomwe ndege zimati zinali zolakwika.

Ogwira ntchito 12,500 aku Northwest omwe akuimiridwa ndi International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ali ndi dongosolo la pension lomwe limalipira mwezi uliwonse. "Kuphatikizana kolakwika kwa Delta-Northwest kuyika pachiwopsezo chilichonse chomwe adagwirirapo ntchito ndikuwononga ndege ziwiri zomwe zidakhalapo kale ndikuwopseza kutha kwa inshuwaransi ya penshoni ya dziko lathu," atero a Robert Roach, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa IAM.

"Izi zingalemeretse PBGC ndi ndalama zoposa $ 15.6 biliyoni mu ngongole zowonjezera pamwamba pa $ 13.1 biliyoni yomwe ikusowa kwa chaka cha 2007," adatero Roach.

Wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Delta Robert Kight adati oyang'anira ndege "akudziwa kuti ogwira ntchito athu komanso opuma pantchito akuda nkhawa ndi kusintha komwe kuli mtsogolo," koma kuphatikizaku kudzawapangitsa kukhala otetezeka kwambiri polola onyamula kuti achepetse mtengo panthawi yomwe mitengo yamafuta ikukwera kwambiri. phindu. Ngakhale kuti Dipatimenti Yachilungamo yokha ili ndi mphamvu zoletsa kugwirizanitsa pa zifukwa zosagwirizana, Congress imalemba malamulo omwe amateteza ndalama za penshoni.

Opanga malamulo akufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti ngati kuphatikizika kwa ndege kumalizidwa, "miyoyo ya anthu opuma pantchito siyikuwonongeka," watero Purezidenti wa komiti Robert Andrews, DNJ. "Pali zovuta zapenshoni zomwe zikukhudzidwa pano."

Kupatula oyendetsa ndege ake, ogwira ntchito ku Delta ndi osagwirizana kwambiri. Pafupifupi antchito onse oyenerera ku Northwest ndi ogwirizana.

Kwa ogwira ntchito m'ndege, nkhawa za penshoni sizopanda pake. A Thomas Kochan, pulofesa wa MIT yemwe amaphunzira ndege, adauza komitiyi kuti pakati pa 2001 ndi 2005, ndege zaku US zidachotsa ntchito 100,000. Pakati pa kutha kwa ndalama, mapulani 16 a penshoni okhudza antchito 240,000 adathetsedwa ndikuperekedwa ku PBGC.