Ua alakaʻi ʻo Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a me Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) i kēia lā i kahi hui o kā lākou mau hoa hana i kahi leka i hoʻouna ʻia i kēlā me kēia o nā mokulele mokulele nui, e koi ana. ʻO kēlā me kēia hui e hoʻopuka i nā uku kālā piha i nā mea kūʻai a pau e hoʻopau i kā lākou mau mokulele i ka wā o ka Covid-19 ka pilikia, a i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e kū nei i nā hoʻokahuli lele i ka wā e kū ana i nā ʻāina i hoʻokō i nā kaohi huakaʻi. Ua hele mai kēia noi i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻōlelo e hala ana i kahi bailout mua ʻole no ka ʻoihana mokulele, me $ 25 biliona ka hōʻaiʻē no nā mea lawe mokulele ohua.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mokulele kūloko i hana i kekahi mau hana e kāpae iki ai i ka loli e pili ana i ka coronavirus a me nā uku hōʻoki, ke ʻike nei ka poʻe huakaʻi e hōʻole i kā lākou huakaʻi e loaʻa wale nā hōʻaiʻē mokulele iā lākou, ʻaʻole nā hoʻoliʻiliʻi kālā. Minamina, hana maikaʻi ʻole kēia mau palapala huakaʻi i ka lehulehu i kēia manawa pilikia, ke pono ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ke kālā i kēia manawa e uku no nā mea pono. Ua ʻike pū kekahi mau ʻAmelika he nui i nā hoʻokahakaha lele e nā mokulele mokulele - me ka uku ʻole ʻia - i ko lākou ʻimi ʻana e hoʻi i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa mai nā ʻāina i hoʻokō i nā palena o ka huakaʻi no ka pane o ka pilikia COVID-19.
Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā leka i nā hui aʻe: Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, a me United Airlines.
"Ke kau nei ka maʻi ahulau e hoʻomau nei i ka pilikia kālā he nui miliona o nā ʻAmelika, a pono i nā ʻohana ke kālā e uku no nā mea e pono ai e like me ka meaʻai, ka hale, a me ka mālama olakino," kakau na Senatoa. "Ma muli o kēia koi nui a me ka bailout mua loa - i ke kani o $ 25 biliona - i loaʻa i ka ʻoihana mokulele mai ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, manaʻo mākou he kuleana kūpono kāu ʻoihana e hāʻawi i nā uku maoli, ʻaʻole nā palapala huakaʻi, i nā mea kūʻai aku, a i kākoʻo i ka hana a ka Mokuʻāina e hoʻihoʻi i kekahi kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻi i ka home. "
Ua kau inoa pū ʻia ka leka e Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn. ), a me Bob Casey, Jr. (D-Penn.).
Nīnau nā luna kau kānāwai i nā mokulele e pane i nā nīnau e pili pū ana:
- He aha ke kumukūʻai i manaʻo ʻia o nā huakaʻi hele a pau a me nā hōʻaiʻē āu i hoʻopuka ai i ka wā o ke ahulau maʻi coronavirus?
- He aha ka huina nui o nā mokulele i hōʻoki ʻia e kāu mokulele i ka wā o ka pilikia COVID-19, me nā huakaʻi i hoʻopau ʻia ma muli o nā kapu huakaʻi i hoʻokō ʻia e nā ʻāina a puni ka honua.
- E hana paha kāu mokulele i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā uku kālā piha i ka poʻe huakaʻi e hōʻole i kā lākou huakaʻi i ka wā o ka maʻi coronavirus, me nā uku hoʻoliʻiliʻi ma kahi o nā hōʻaiʻē huakaʻi i ka poʻe i loaʻa mua akā ʻaʻole hoʻohana i kēlā mau hōʻaiʻē i kēia wā maʻi?
- E hana paha kāu mokulele i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā uku kālā piha i nā mea huakaʻi i ʻike ʻia i nā hoʻokahuli lele ma muli o ka COVID-19 mau huakaʻi hele i hoʻokō ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
E hana paha kāu mokulele i ka hana pū ʻana me ka ʻOihana Mokuʻāina e hōʻeleu ai i nā lele kalepa - me ke kumu kūʻai kumukūʻai - no nā ʻAmelika āpau i noho paʻa ma nā ʻāina ʻē?
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ) today led a group of their colleagues in a letter sent to each of the major domestic airlines, urging every company to issue full cash refunds to all customers who cancel their flights during the COVID-19 crisis, and to American citizens who encounter flight cancellations while stranded in countries that implemented travel restrictions.
- “In light of this pressing need and the unprecedented bailout — to the tune of $25 billion — that the airline industry just received from Congress, we believe your company has a moral responsibility to provide real refunds, not travel vouchers, to consumers, and to support State Department efforts to repatriate any American citizens trying to come home.
- Will your airline commit to providing full cash refunds to travelers who cancel their flights during the coronavirus outbreak, including refunds in lieu of travel credits to those who have already received but not used those credits during this pandemic.
