NAPA, Calif. – Eha makahiki aku nei i keia la, 13,800 kanaka i kau aku maluna o 138 American Airlines jet me ka manao e hiki aku i Dallas Fort Worth no ko lakou mau huakai hookui i ka manawa hoomaha lehulehu ma ka hopena o 2006/mua o 2007. Akā naʻe, ua hoʻohuli ʻia nā 138 o kēia mau mokulele i 24 mau mokulele i loko a a puni ʻo Texas e hoʻomanawanui i ka mea e hiki mai ana no kekahi poʻe-me Kate Hanni a me ka ʻohana-he pilikia ʻeha a hoʻololi i ke ola. Ma ka hihia o Hanni, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia a me kona ʻohana ma ke kahua mokulele no 9 mau hola a me 17 mau minuke me ka ʻole o ka wai, ka meaʻai, a i ʻole ka halepaku hoʻohana. ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ʻo ia e hana.
I nā lā 3 i hala iho nei, he mau haneli inā ʻaʻole he mau haneli o nā International Flights i paʻa i ka tarmac ma JFK - ʻoi aku ma mua o 13 mau hola i ka hihia o kahi lele El Al - a he nui no nā hola 8, e like me nā mokulele o Cathay Pacific, Delta Airlines. , Air Austrian, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Air Emirates a me Iceland Air Express. A laila ua hoʻopau lākou i nā lā hou me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, ka wai a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka mokulele JFK, me ke kōkua ʻole.
"Ua lilo ʻo FlyersRights.org, i loko o 4 mau makahiki pōkole, i ka hui e hilinaʻi nei nā poʻe mokulele mokulele e kū i luna no lākou a hakakā no ko lākou mau pono," wahi a Kate Hanni, Luna Hoʻokele. "Akā ʻaʻole maopopo mākou i hana i ka pale ʻana i kēia mau tarmac strandings weliweli.
"Ke koi nei ʻo FlyersRights.org e noiʻi ʻo DOT i kēia hanana a hoʻolaha i kahi lula e pili ana i nā pale no nā poʻe mokulele mokulele honua. Akaka, pono ka palekana o ka poʻe kaʻa, nā koina dute, a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele he ʻāpana o ia lula hou. Ke nānā nei hoʻi ʻo FRO i ka hoʻoholo hope loa o ka FAA Modernization Act ma Congress, kahi i loaʻa i nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui no nā poʻe mokulele mokulele e hoʻolilo i kā lākou huakaʻi ma ka lewa i palekana, olakino a ʻoi aku ka ʻae ʻana. Manaʻo mākou e lilo i leo no nā huakaʻi mokulele a pau loa!
"I koʻu noho ʻana ma ka DOT Tarmac Delay Task Force, ua hana nā mokulele me ka New York Port Authority i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki ʻole, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole pono lākou i ke kauoha a e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole e hiki mai kekahi Jet Blue. Ua hōʻoia ʻia mai nā mokulele e kōkua lākou i nā poʻe mokulele i ka wā lōʻihi o ka lohi ʻana i ka ʻāina a) loaʻa mau ka puka b) hoʻolako i nā puka hoʻohana maʻamau, c) e wehe mau nā mea kūʻai mokulele i ka 24/7 i ʻole e pōloli kekahi. a i ʻole make wai a mālama i nā meaʻai pilikia. Ua hoʻohiki lākou ʻaʻole lākou e lilo hou i ʻāpana o ka pilikia hoʻopaneʻe tarmac no laila ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ka DOT iā lākou "..."Maopopo loa ka pōkole o kā lākou hoʻomanaʻo ʻana a he mea ʻole kēlā mau ʻōlelo hoʻohiki i mua o kēia hanana hou."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- There was absolute assurance from the airports that they would help airline passengers during long on ground delays to a) always have a gate available b) make common use gates available, c) to keep airport vendors open 24/7 to ensure no one goes hungry or thirsty and to store emergency rations.
- “When I was on the DOT’s coveted Tarmac Delay Task Force the airports including the New York Port Authority made idle promises, saying they did not need to have a mandate and would ensure that another Jet Blue did not happen.
- They promised never again become a part of the tarmac delay problem so the DOT did not regulate them”…”Clearly their memories are short and those promises meant nothing in the face of this latest incident.
