Ukusetyenziswa kweeselfowuni kwiinqwelomoya kuye kwaxoxwa kakhulu njengoko ishishini lenqwelomoya lizama ukugcina itekhnoloji eguqukayo. Yindlela eqhelekileyo ukuxelelwa ngabantu abasebenza ngenqwelomoya ukuba batshintshele izixhobo kwimowudi yenqwelomoya ngexesha lokuhamba; kodwa kwenzeka ntoni ukuba awulandeli indlela? Ngelishwa, impendulo ayicacanga.

Masikhe siqale ngophando lokuqala. Isizathu sokukhathazeka okunokubakho kukhuseleko kungenxa yokuba xa ungaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-10,000 emoyeni, iselfowuni yakho iyangqubeka kwiinqaba ezininzi kwaye ithumele uphawu olomeleleyo. Le yinto enokudibanisa iinethiwekhi emhlabeni. Kodwa, ayizange ibekho imeko yeselfowuni ebangela ukuba inqwelomoya iwele.

'Ayisiyiyo kwaphela into yokuba ifowuni inokuhlisa inqwelo moya,' owayesakuba yinjineli yeBoeing uKenny Kirchoff utshilo . Ayisiyongxaki kwaphela leyo. Umcimbi uphazamisa inqwelomoya kwaye ubangela umsebenzi omninzi kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya ngexesha elinzima lokuhamba. Xa besuka kwaye behla, ezo zigaba zenqwelomoya ezifuna inqanaba eliphezulu loxinaniso ngabaqhubi beenqwelomoya. '

Kodwa, ngenkqubela phambili yetekhnoloji yale mihla le micimbi iya iphela. Ngapha koko, ngo-2014 i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lwezoPhapho yaseYurophu (iYurophu kunye nohlobo lwe-FAA) zathi izixhobo ze-elektroniki azibeki mngcipheko kwezokhuseleko, nangona bekukulo moya wenqwelomoya ukubonisa ukuba iinkqubo zabo azichaphazelekanga ziimpawu zeeselfowuni.

Iinqwelomoya ezininzi zilwenzile olu vavanyo kwaye zivumela iifowuni zenqwelomoya ukuba zenziwe kwiinkampani zenethiwekhi ezinjengeAeroMobile kunye neMoya. Ezi nkampani zikhonza iinqwelomoya ezinkulu ezinjenge-Emirates, iVirgin, iBritish Airways, kwaye ubuncinci zingama-27. Emoyeni idibanisa ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha seenqanawa ze-A380 zehlabathi.

Oko kwathiwa i-FAA isavimbela unxibelelwano ngelizwi kwiiselfowuni. Unxibelelwano ngelizwi kwiiselfowuni aluvumelekanga yimithetho ye-FAA kunye ne-FCC, u-Elizabeth Isham Cory, ovela kwi-Ofisi ye-FAA yoNxibelelwano lwangaphandle / neMicimbi yoLuntu. Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa . I-FAA iyakwalela ukusetyenziswa kweeselfowuni ngenxa yezizathu zokhuseleko. Imigaqo ye-FAA iyakwalela nantoni na ekhupha umqondiso ngabom, kubandakanya iiselfowuni ezisetyenziselwa unxibelelwano ngelizwi. Kuya kuba kwinqanaba lenqwelomoya ukubonisa ukuba umnxeba awubangeli uphazamiseko lombane. Iiselfowuni zibangela ukuphazamiseka kwe-elektroniki.

Nangona, a ukufunda okwenziwe yi-FAA ngo-2012 kwagqitywa kwelokuba 'abasemagunyeni kwezokuhamba ngenqwelomoya abachazanga zenzeko zeeselfowuni ezichaphazela ukhuseleko lwenqwelomoya kwiinqwelomoya ezinezikhululo zeeselfowuni.' Ezi zitishi zincinci zibizwa ngokuba zii-picocells, kwaye zinika abakhweli amandla okusetyenziswa kweeselfowuni ngaphandle kokuchaphazela isixhobo esibhodini.

Izinto ze-elektroniki zala maxesha zikhuselwe kukuphazamiseka, uAllison Markey, ingcali yezokhuseleko kwindiza. Akukho gauge yomlingo kwi-cockpit ebonisa ukuba kukho ifowuni ngonxibelelwano lwayo lweselfowuni okanye i-Wi-Fi ayicinywanga. I-FCC iyavuma malunga nobuchwephesha, kodwa ishiyeke ingacacanga ukuba iya kuvunyelwa nini, njani okanye ukuba iya kuvunyelwa njani.

Imithetho yangoku yeFCC & apos ethintela ukusetyenziswa kweeselfowuni kwiinqwelomoya yamkelwa ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo ukukhusela ekuphazanyisweni kukanomathotholo kuthungelwano lweselfowuni emhlabeni, itsho njalo. kwiwebhusayithi yeCCC . Itekhnoloji enokufakwa ngokuthe ngqo kwinqwelomoya ngoku iyafumaneka ukuthintela olo phazamiso kwaye sele isasazwe ngempumelelo kwamanye amazwe amaninzi kwihlabathi liphela ngaphandle kwesehlo. Esi sisigqibo sobugcisa kuphela; iya kuthi, ukuba yamkelwe, ivumele abaphathi beenqwelo moya ukuba baphuhlise nayiphi na inqubomgomo yokusetyenziswa kwefowuni abanqwenelayo, ngokuhambelana nemithetho esebenzayo.

Baqhubeka nokudideka ngakumbi xa bephendula imibuzo enje 'Kungekudala ukubiza kwelizwi kunokuba yinyani njani kwiiplanethi?' 'Ekugqibeleni, ukuba iFCC yamkela imigaqo emitsha, iyakuba ziinqwelomoya kunye neapos; Isigqibo, ngokubonisana nabathengi babo malunga nokuvumela ukusetyenziswa kwedatha, isicatshulwa kunye / okanye iinkonzo zezwi ngelixa zibhabha, babhala. I-FCC iyayithetha into yokuba bayayiqonda into yokuba uninzi lwabakhweli lunokukhetha ukuba iminxeba yelizwi ingenziwa kwiinqwelomoya.

Mhlawumbi zezona sizathu siphambili sokuba kuthintelwe ukusetyenziswa okwangoku e-U.S. Ngokusetyenziswa kweselfowuni kwinqwelomoya, itekhnoloji ikhona, kodwa ukuthandabuza, kwakhona, yimfuno yoluntu, utshilo uMarkey. Abagibeli abaninzi bayakujonga oku njengokucaphukisa endaweni yesibonelelo sokuhamba. Kubi ngokwaneleyo ukuba umkhweli kufutshane nabantu abathetha ngokukhwaza kubakhweli abangabamelwane babo; yongeza ukusetyenziswa kweeselfowuni kwaye iziphumo zinokuba mbi kunezihlalo ezimbalwa ezihleli phantsi zeziganeko mva.

• NguJordi Lippe
• NguJordi Lippe-McGraw