Ua haʻi aku ka mea hoʻokele no ka pae ʻana i kahi mokulele maʻi ma ka muliwai ʻo Hudson ma New York i ka mahina i hala aku nei i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka ʻoki ʻana i ke kumukūʻai ma ka ʻoihana mokulele US e hōʻino paha i ka palekana o ka poʻe holo a me ka maikaʻi o nā aviators e hoʻolimalima ai nā mea lawe.
"Ke hopohopo nei au ʻaʻole hiki i ka ʻoihana hoʻokele mokulele ke hoʻomau i ka huki ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa a me ka mālamalama," i ʻōlelo aku ai ʻo Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, ke kāpena ma US Airways Group Inc., i ka poʻe loio i ka hōʻike i kēia lā.
Ke hoʻopau nei nā mokulele i nā hana no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hāʻule o ka noi huakaʻi i ka wā o ke kaʻe ʻana, a ʻōlelo ʻo Sullenberger ua ʻoki ʻia kāna uku he 40 pakeneka i nā makahiki i hala. ʻO ka lā 15 o Ianuali, kahi i ola ai nā mea a pau ma luna o ka mokulele, e hōʻike ana i ka pono o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka ʻike e hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia nā ʻoki, wahi a Sullenberger.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā "hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka lehulehu lele a i ko mākou ʻāina" inā e hoʻokele ʻia nā mokulele e nā mea hoʻokele waiwai ʻole a "ʻaʻole lawa", wahi āna.
"ʻO ka ʻike o kēia manawa a me nā mākau o nā mea hoʻokele mokulele ʻoihana o ko mākou ʻāina mai nā hoʻopukapuka kālā i hana ʻia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei i hiki iā mākou ke huki i ka poʻe ambisious a me ka poʻe akamai e ʻimi pinepine nei i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana waiwai" ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, wahi a Sullenberger.
Ua haʻi ʻo Sullenberger a me ka poʻe holo moku i ka pae ulia ʻana no Congress, e like me Patrick Harten, ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa lewa e mālama ana i ka haʻalele ʻana mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo LaGuardia o New York i ka wā i iho ai ka mokulele.
Ka nui o ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Harten ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua nalowale ka mokulele a me kāna mau mea holo i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai ʻo Sullenberger e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e pae i ka wai.
"ʻAʻole ola nā kānaka i ka pae ʻana ma ka muliwai ʻo Hudson," wahi a Harten. "Ua manaʻo wau i kēlā manawa ʻo wau ke kanaka hope loa e kamaʻilio me kekahi ma kēlā mokulele e ola ana."
ʻO ka mokulele US Airways, e lawe ana i 155 poʻe, nalowale ka mana ma hope o ka lele ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo ka National Transportation Safety Board i kēia mahina ua ʻike ʻia nā koena ʻo Canada-goose i loko o nā ʻenekini ʻelua, e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻōlelo a nā mea hoʻokele i ka lele ʻana o ka mokulele i nā manu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Steven Chealander, lālā o NTSB, ʻaʻole ʻike paha ka ʻoihana i ka nui o nā manu i hahau ʻia e ka mokulele.
"Ke hōʻike nei kēia hanana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana," wahi a House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Costello, he Democrat Illinois. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Costello a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka papa i ka poʻe holo moku no kāna mau hana ma ka Hudson.
Ua hana ʻo Sullenberger, 58, ma Tempe, Arizona-based US Airways mai 1980, e like me ka pūnaewele o ka mokulele. ʻO ia ka mea hoʻokele kaua Air Force ma mua.
"Ke hōʻike nei ʻoe i ka maikaʻi loa o ka mokulele," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo James Oberstar, ka luna hoʻomalu o ke komite halihali hale a me kahi Minnesota Democrat. "E haʻaheo ʻo Lindbergh iā ʻoe."
Oki Uku
Ua waiho ʻo US Airways no ka banekorupa Mokuna 11 i ka makahiki 2002 a ua haʻalele i ka pale o ka ʻaha i ka makahiki 2003. Ua waiho ʻo ia no ka panakalupa i ka lua o ka manawa ma Kepakemapa 2004, a puka mai i Kepakemapa 2005 ma o kāna hui ʻana me America West Holdings Corp.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo US Airways i kāna mau hoʻolālā penikala i ka makahiki 2005, ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka panakalupa, a ua lilo ka Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. i kahu no nā papahana. Ua loaʻa i ka mokulele ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 1.1 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka hana, ka uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi ʻoki ʻia mai kāna mau uniona i ka wā banekorupa.
"Ua ʻoki ʻia kaʻu uku he 40 pakeneka," wahi a Sullenberger. "ʻO kaʻu penikala, e like me ka hapa nui o nā penikala mokulele, ua hoʻopau ʻia a hoʻololi ʻia e kahi hōʻoia PBGC e uku wale ʻia nā peni ma ke kālā."
Loaʻa Pilot
Ua loaʻa i kahi kāpena US Airways ma ka uku uku kiʻekiʻe a lele i ka Airbus SAS A320 ka uku kumu ma kahi o $125 i hoʻokahi hola a lele i ka liʻiliʻi o 72 mau hola o ka mahina, no $9,000 i ka mahina, e like me ka airlinepilotcentral.com, e kōkua ana i nā pailaka me ka holomua ʻoihana. . Loaʻa i ka luna mua 12 makahiki ma ka mokulele hoʻokahi $85 i ka hola, a i ʻole $6,120 i ka mahina. ʻO nā pailota e lele ana i nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā ala honua e uku ʻia ma nā uku kiʻekiʻe.
Ua neʻe ka 9 mau mea lawe nui loa o US i ka makahiki i hala e hoʻokuʻu i 460 jet a ʻoki i nā hana 26,000 i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai aila i kahi moʻolelo. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai o ka wahie jet, i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia mai ka ʻōpala, ua hāʻule i ka 72 pakeneka mai kahi kiʻekiʻe o Iulai, e hoʻolalelale ana i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe kālailai no ka loaʻa kālā o ka makahiki 2009 ʻo ia ka mea mua o ka ʻoihana i ke kaʻe.
Ma kahi kaʻawale, ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele o ka US ua hōʻike i ka "bureaucratic inertia" i ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana palekana, me nā mea e pili ana i nā turboprops a me ka hau.
ʻO Mary Schiavo, he loio i kēia manawa no kahi hui o nā mea kākoʻo palekana e hoʻolālā nei e hoʻopiʻi i ka Federal Aviation Administration o ka 'Oihana, ua ʻōlelo nā regulators i nā hana i hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pōpilikia. ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻohewa, ka mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia e ka hui, hiki mai ma lalo o ʻelua pule ma hope o ka iho ʻana o kahi mokulele Pinnacle Airlines Corp.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi e koi ana i ka FAA e hana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ka National Transportation Safety Board e waiho ʻia i kēia lā i ka ʻaha federal ma Wakinekona, wahi a Schiavo i nehinei.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A US Airways captain at top pay scale and flying an Airbus SAS A320 earns base pay of at least $125 an hour and flies a minimum of 72 hours a month, for $9,000 a month, according to airlinepilotcentral.
- The price of jet fuel, which is refined from crude, has plunged 72 percent since a July peak, spurring analysts' estimates for a collective 2009 profit that would be the industry's first in a recession.
- Airlines have been paring jobs to cope with a drop in travel demand during the recession, and Sullenberger said his pay has been trimmed 40 percent in recent years.
