I-JetBlue Flight 292 yenza ukufika okungxamisekileyo. (Ifoto nge-Wikimedia) Ngelixa thina bakhweli sehla ngovuyo kwiJetBlue Flight 292 ngokuhlwa kwangoSeptemba 21, 2005, enye yokutshona kwelanga okunetyhefu e-Los Angeles yayikhanyisa ngobubele, bomvu, nobuhle bembonakalo yabasebenzi abangxamisekileyo abangxamisekileyo kodwa abamkelekileyo behlanganisene kwi-tarmac. Bonke babekhangeleka njengamaqhawe omboniso bhanyabhanya ka-1940 ancitshiselwa umsebenzi wasesibhakabhakeni (ukuthwala kwam okubomvu ngokupheleleyo yayiliqhekeza lomthwalo kaBarbie kwizandla ezinenyama yomnye umcimi-mlilo kaDana Andrews-esque).
Saluselwa kwiibhasi ezinkulu ezingoohola ezineminyango emikhulu yeglasi, apho sasihlala khona sisenza umnxeba emva kokufowuna sonwabile kwiiselfowuni zethu okanye sijonge esibhakabhakeni ngokungakhathali-izilwanyana ezonwabileyo zasefama-njengoko siqhutywa sisiya kwisikhululo sendiza. Apho, ngokungathi kumtshato othile wefestile, samkelwa ngomgca wokufumana oquka abaphathi beJetBlue benxibe amaqhina aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-LA eyiNtloko yamaPolisa uBill Bratton (uyamkhumbula?) Ngesifuba sikhukhumele kwisuti yendalo, kunye ne-curly- iinwele, inene elincinanana elinxibe iihempe ezigqityiweyo ezinikele ngobubele ukuba zindincede ndifumane umyeni wam. Njengokuba wayehamba, ii-synapses ezimbalwa ezikude zacofa kwingqondo yam eyongeziweyo. Ndicinga ukuba yayinguSodolophu, ndaxelela umntu oneentshebe owayehleli ngaphaya kwephambili kum kwinqwelomoya. Hayi, watsho. Ngokwenene ? Ewe, ku-spacy, kugunyaziswe uLos Angeles, uSodolophu u-Antonio Villaraigosa, onyulwe ngoMeyi ophelileyo, uyalela malunga nenani elifanayo lokwamkelwa njengomlingisi u-Taryn Manning-nakwindiza, kunye nommisi wakhe, ekufuneka ethe watyhwatyhwa kakhulu yile nto yenzekile; njani enye indlela yokuchaza ukulibaziseka ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-24 ekutyhaleni uNks.Manning phambi kweekhamera zikamabonwakude?
Awu, ndandingathintelwanga kangako. Ewe kunjalo, emva kokujonga enye inqwelomoya ehamba nge-adrenaline eya e-JFK Ndithanda ukudibana ndilila neqabane lam, ndenza isigqibo esikhawulezileyo: bendingu hayi Ndiza kuzivumela ukuba ndibuye ndibuyele esiqhelweni, kwisidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nokungakhathali kweekati zethu ezimbini, kodwa kunokuba ndiziphose ndingena ntloni emngxunyeni weendaba ezilindileyo, ndiqala ngo-John Broder, umphathi we-LA INew York Times , Kwaye ngokukhawuleza kulandelwa isandwich ka-Aaron Brown-Anderson Cooper kwi-CNN. Ndijikelezwe zezi kunye nezinye izithandani ezithandwayo, ndaziva ngathi nguScarlett O'Hara ebhabhathisa iipitikoti zakhe kwindawo yeshumi elinesibini yeOaks. Fiddle-dee-dee-ndandiphila! Isibane esishushu seekhamera zaziva ngathi kukumanga kukamama. Ukufika apho kwakoyikisa, ngokuqinisekileyo-kodwa eyona nto yoyikisayo kukuba ndakhawuleza ndaguqukela njani kwihenyukazi losasazo. Nangona kunjalo kwakubonakala ngathi yicoda efanelekileyo kwisilingo esandiswa ngamandla e-nth kuba uninzi lwethu lwalubukele kumabonwakude. Kulungiselelwe abo bangazange babhabhe iJetBlue (kwaye ngenene kufanele ): Enye yeendawo zokuthengisa eziphambili zenkampani ziithelevishini ezincinci ngasemva kwesihlalo somkhweli ngamnye, ezibonelela ngokukhetha amajelo asimahla nge-satellite ye-DirecTV. Ndikhe ndakhalaza ngezi TV zangaphambili, ubukhulu becala kungenxa yengxolo ebambekayo evela kwii-headphone zeplastikhi abazisasazayo; akukho nto ifana nokuzama ukulala kwisandi esibi se-seatmate yakho sonwabele i-VH1's Isinyithi iMania . Kodwa ngeli xesha, kholwa okanye hayi, bendinombulelo ngokuba nabo. Kuba ucinga ntoni? Emva kwe-alamu yokuqala yokubona inqwelomoya esasihlala kuyo ifilimu ejikeleze i-LAX kwi-MSNBC kwaye FOX kwaye I-ABC-isibane esineqhayiya esiqeqeshwe kwi-nose-gear egwenxa, iindaba zokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba sityhubele, ngokumangalisayo, kumbhalo ofanayo neNkanyamba uRita-ubungqina beengcali zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ezibizwe ziinkqubo zeendaba zingqineke zisiqinisekisa. (Imbi kakhulu ulwazi lokuba ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwezixhobo zenzekile ubuncinci kasixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba iinqwelo-moya zeAirbus zisilele ukufika eminwe yazo kude kube ziintsuku ezimbini emva kwesehlo. Kodwa loo nto ngekhe yenze umabonwakude omnandi, ngoku ngaba?) Abakhweli babuliswa ngobubele, bomvu, nobuso obuhle… abasebenzi bexesha likaxakeka bahlanganisene kwitela. (Ifoto nguJeff Gross / Getty Izithombe)
Ukuphendula imibuzo ebuzwa rhoqo: Yeyiphi imo yegumbi lokulala? Ewe, kwakunzima. Ixesha kakhulu. Nangona kungekho kubi ngendlela onokucinga ngayo: Andizange ndikhwaze okanye ndicofe i-rosary ubuhlalu. Njengokuba sasihamba sikwienyawo ezingama-5 000, kwakuthe saa iinyembezi, imithandazo yoyisiwe kwaye nokuqhula okuvela kubathakathi abambalwa, ababonayo-phambi kwamagorha endlela — uyalazi uhlobo. Kwakukude ukuba ndikwazi ukuqhula, kodwa ndaye ndathetha komnye wabalingane bam, indoda entle, ecocekileyo enomfazi kunye namantombazana amabini amlindileyo ekhaya, ukuba ubuncinci ukuba ndibhubhe emlilweni ovuthayo. , kuya kubakho ukoneliseka kukwazi ukuba ndiphumelele ngokugqibeleleyo mpikiswano eqhubekayo nomyeni wam malunga nokuba uloyiko lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya luchanekile. Intuthuzelo encinci, utshilo. Kodwa wayeyazi kakuhle into endiyithethayo.
Ngaba ukhe wazama ukubiza umntu? Musa ukuba sisidenge — wonke umntu uyazi ukuba ukusebenzisa iselfowuni enye emoyeni kunokuphazamisa imiqondiso yonxibelelwano exabisekileyo yabaqhubi! Ngapha koko ndanele zizihlangu ezibini, ezithe xa ndabona umfana ephambi kwam ekhupha iselfowuni yakhe, ndangcangcazela omnye wabahambi ngenqwelomoya. Ngayo yonke intlonipho ngenxa yoloyiko olwaluyinto yokwenene, Ndiva ngathi kukho into ethile kumculo oncomekayo kuninzi lwamalungelo xa kunokwenzeka imiyalezo yokuvalelisa abanye babagibeli endikunye nabo ikwazile ukuyirekhoda kwaye iyithumele kwabo babathandayo kwimizuzu engephi Inzala. Babonakala ngathi bengenabulungisa ngokuvumelana noko kuthunyelwe ngamaxhoba ohlaselo lwabanqolobi ngo-Septemba 11. Kuyinyani, ngenxa yolo suku loyikekayo, umfanekiso kamabonwakude wenqwelomoya ojikeleza ezantsi kwisibhakabhaka esikhanyayo ngoku unele ukwenza ukuba nabani na kuthi ancancise umphefumlo. Kodwa akukho nje ukuthelekiswa phakathi kokuba kwisithuthi esisetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokubulala ngabanqolobi kunye neso somqhubi onobuhlobo, oqeqeshwe kakuhle ozama ngenkalipho ukuhlala emhlabeni ngokukhuselekileyo, ngentsebenziswano enobubele evela emhlabeni.
Bakuxelele ntoni abasebenzi beenqwelo-moya? Isibhengezo esivela kwi-cockpit sasifudumele, kodwa sihlwili kwaye sineshishini. Ekuqaleni, sinyuka kancinci phezu kweenduli ezinothuli zasePalmdale, besicinga ukuba ingxaki kukumisa nje izixhobo ezingayi kubuyisa umva (ubuncinci bomcimbi, ngokuqinisekileyo, kunokufika kwezinto ezingazukukhupha), okanye nokuba kungumqondiso nje glitch. Kwandula ke ukubhabha okuphantsi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iLong Beach, ngethuba apho inqwelo moya yethu yayivavanywa emhlabeni kunye ne-binoculars (kwabonakala ngathi ngumsebenzi othusayo we-retro, njengokujonga iintaka), ityhila izixhobo zempumlo ezi-cockey. Nguwo lo mzuzu wokuvuma ukuba andikaze ndiqonde nyani ngaphambi kokuba iinqwelomoya zinezixhobo zempumlo? Ngandlel 'ithile bendisoloko ndicinga ukuba behla ngeenyawo zabo — njengeentaka. Sazisiwe malunga nezicwangciso zokufika ngokungxamisekileyo kwi-LAX, engeyiyo iJetBlue hub, kodwa izixhobo zayo ezinokuthi zilungele ngcono iinqwelomoya zethu ezihambileyo. Siza kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukwenza le meko ibe ntle, watsho umqhubi wenqwelomoya uScott Burke, evuselela intsini engenamsebenzi kule ndlwana, kunye nezincwina ezimbalwa. Abagadi beenqwelomoya, okwangoku, babexakekile beyinto yonke onokuyifuna kubahambi beenqwelomoya. Abakhange babatyhalele abantu ngasemva kwenqwelomoya, njengoko bekuxeliwe- ibiyindiza entle kakhulu-kodwa benze uhlengahlengiso lwee-endo- kunye nee-ectomorphs, kwaye bazidlulisa iingxowa ezinzima kumacandelo aphezulu, bephosa isitayile sokudlulisa. Kumfazi-kwaye bonke babengabafazi-babonwabile, benogonyamelo kwaye benesibindi. Ngothando olukhethekileyo ndikhumbula uJudy, ubrass, blond, udame onamehlo aluhlaza owathetha ngokungxamiseka kokufika ngokungxamisekileyo eBuffalo emkhenkceni — ithemba elothusayo, kuyacaca ukuba, ngenxa yokuba elo qela lalinexesha elincinci lokulungiselela. Uye emva koko wazikhathaza ngee-microphone ezininzi ezaziza kubakho ebusweni bethu xa kugqityiwe. Kwaye wayenyanisile. Judy, Judy, Judy!
Kwimizuzu yokuvala, sayalelwa ngendlela yokusebenzisa izilayidi zerabha, ukuba kunyanzelekile, ukuba senze ntoni xa sinuka umsi (ngokuzolileyo fumana enye indlela yokuphuma egrey), nokususa izinto ezibukhali kunye nezithende eziphakamileyo emntwini-eneneni, ikhosi ehlaziyayo kulawo makhadi mancinci angenakuchazwa bawafaka kwiipokotho ezihlala ngasemva, apho iphepha laligabha iingxowa. Ndathula ndazincoma ngokukhetha i-13D, isihlalo esingasekunene ngqo ngasemva komqolo wokuphuma ngokungxamisekileyo, ndanxiba izihlangu kunye neebhulukhwe endandizilahlile njengezingafanelekanga, ezinxibayo ezibhabhayo zaseMelika, kodwa ndamkelwa ngesizathu seenyanga zam ezintandathu ukukhulelwa okudala. (Le mbono yokuzibamba yaqhekeka emva kokudana, xa ndaye ndabona ukuba ndizosasazwa kwizigidi ngerandi nge-5 yeedola kwitanki engwevu evela kwisebe lokukhulelwa lase-Old Navy.)
Ngubani owazise amajelo eendaba? Andinalwazi, kwaye khange ndikwazi ukufumanisa. Kwakunjani ukufika? Njengokuba sijonge ngasemhlabeni, umqhubi wenqwelomoya uBurke wathi, Abalindi beenqwelomoya, balungiselela ukufika, okwathi kwaqala umjikelo omtsha wentsini engenanto ngaphakathi kule ndlwana. Emva koko kwathi cwaka, ngaphandle kwabasebenzi abanamandla nabothusayo be-Brace, brace, brace! Andingomntu othanda inkolo, kodwa ndizakuvuma ukuba ndimbombozele Ndiyakucela, Thixo, amatyeli aliqela ngokutshixiza kwamazinyo njengevumba elirhabaxa-kodwa, ngethamsanqa, akukho mlilo wenyani. Ixesha lalinomgangatho omangalisayo we-rubato ngeli xesha lonke lamava; iiyure zokujikeleza zihambe ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, ngelixa imizuzu yokugqibela ibonakala icotha kakhulu. Kwakunomdla kakhulu, ukuba kushushu , ukuhla kuninzi. Ngeli xesha ndathi ubushushu kubangelwa lixhala, kunye nokupheliswa koxinzelelo lwemozulu. Emva kwexesha, ndabona umfanekiso womlilo udubula phantsi kwenqwelomoya. Xa safika kumisa ngokuqinileyo kwaye saqonda ukuba asizukufa, kwaye inqwelomoya ayizukuqhekeka, inzolo yaphela ngesandi esikhulu, ngokudibeneyo, nangokuzenzekelayo Yhoo! Ewe! Uhlobo olunjengoku xa iiYankees ziphumelele ipennant, ngaphandle kokungcono, kuba akukho mntu wayezenzela elinye iqela. Njengokuba umqhubi wenqwelomoya uBurke wayephuma eza kusinika umtshangatshangiso, kwabakho omnye umgqumo onombulelo, kwaye mhlawumbi nomnye emva kokuba sixelelwe ukuba singahamba nempahla yethu.
Yintoni iJetBlue ebonelela njengembuyekezo? Ukubuyiselwa imali, kunye namatikiti amabini asimahla ajikelezayo ukuya kwindawo ubani anokukhetha kuyo, kunye nabameli beenkonzo abaphethe iibhegi ze-goodie ezizaliswe kukutya okulula, inkonzo yemoto yasimahla kunye neencindi ezincinci zovelwano. I-airline ayihlulwanga, ngoko libala malunga nokuphuculwa kwexesha lokuphila, kodwa ngexesha elithile ndaziva ngathi ndingafuna nantoni na-i-massage, i-escorts yamadoda, i-chips zeetatato ze-Terra Blues-kwaye iya kuba yeyam. Bendingafuni ukuthatha ithuba.
Mna uyenzile , nangona kunjalo, ndisebenzise amathuba amaninzi exesha lomoya eliqhubekekayo ukundwendwela. Kodwa ngubani kanye kanye owayesebenzisa eli thuba? Molo waseMelika elungileyo Ndibhukishe, kunye nabanye abakhweli ababini abathethayo, ngentsimbi yesithathu ekuseni ngeXesha lePacific. Ndivumile kule yure ingengcwele ngenxa yokuba isitudiyo apho iiteyiphu ze-ABC zikwiProspect Avenue, malunga nesiqingatha seekhilomitha ezantsi kwenduli ukusuka kwindlu yethu eLos Feliz. Ndabona ukuba andizukulala nakanjani. Ngo-2: 45 kusasa, ababhukisi ababecenga imali bathumela i-limo elula- uhlobo abalusebenzisayo kwii-prom, ezineefestile ezimnyama kunye neenkwenkwezi ezingezizo ezithe nca eluphahleni. Umyeni wam onengqiqo walala kamnandi ebhedini yakhe xa ndizama ukuzibophelela kwisitulo esingasemva, ndingakwazi ukufumana ibhanti lesihlalo kumnyama, kubunzulu obukhazimlayo besikhumba saseKorinte. Iibhotile zeCrystal zizaliswe lulwelo olunamaxabiso aphantsi, olunombala wegwele olurhabaxa xa umqhubi ezama ukuhambisa lo mbhemu ezantsi kwinduli yethu emxinwa, esenza ujikelezo lwamanqaku ali-11 kwigophe ngalinye. Yaziva inkohliso ngakumbi kunendiza. Ngo-5: 45 kusasa, kweza imoto encinci izokundisa kwi-CNN Ekuseni eMelika , apho ndaphinda izinto ezifanayo endizithethileyo kuAnderson noAaron (ndicinga ukuba sikwigama lokuqala ngoku), singasathethi ngokucacileyo, ndiyoyika, kuMiles O'Brien. Iiyure ezidlulileyo beziziguqule zaba ngamanqaku eembumbulu. AmaCatharsis ngonyango oluthethwayo oluthethileyo abe sele edinekile. Njengoko imini yayiqhubeka, ifowuni yayihlala ikhala: I-Fox News Channel, i-A.P., i-NPR, USA Namhlanje , Iindaba zeDaily , Ellen: Umboniso kaEllen DeGeneres , Umboniso weeBhanki zeTyra (!), IParis kunye nezikhululo zikanomathotholo zepodunk ezininzi kunye neegazethi ezincinci zalapha ekhaya ukubala. Ndamangaliswa yindlela ubunzulu bokungena kwamajelo eendaba, kodwa indlela pointillist. Nge-imeyile, bendisiva kubahlobo endandingazange ndathetha nabo ukusukela kwibanga lesixhenxe, ukusuka kwiindawo ezikude njengeAfrika noMzantsi Melika, kodwa kungandithatha ngaphezulu kosuku ukufumana abazali bam, ababetyelele ILondon inefowuni entsha, ekhohlisayo. Ngaba unxibelelwano lukhe lwasebenza kwangaxeshanye lusebenza kakuhle kwaye lungasebenzi?
Ndithathe umnxeba ovela kwijokhi yediski yaseNew Zealand njengoko umyeni wam wasibuyisela apho yaqala khona, iBob Hope Airport eBurbank, apho kwakukho ibhilibhodi enkulu ebhengeza umdlalo wenqwelomoya Inqwelomoya , Kudlala uJodie Foster. Kuya kuvela ukuba yeyona bhanyabhanya iphambili evekini. Sihleli kwiJetBlue Flight 292 entsha, sabambana ngezandla sancoma umfanekiso wethu mhle Ixesha le-LA , emva koko ndozele njengoko umfanekiso wam ubutyatyamba kwizikrini ezincinci.
