Ukubheja kuqale ngo-2010, kodwa kuphela ngoMeyi 2013 lapho kuzogcwaliseka khona.
Injinga edumile yaseMelika uRichard Branson, ngoMeyi wonyaka ozayo, izogqoka njengesisebenzi sendiza yenkampani yezindiza eshibhile i-Air Asia, ngaleyo ndlela ifeze ukubheja kokulahlekelwa nomnikazi waleyo nkampani.
Indaba ihlehlela emuva ngo-2010, lapho u-Richard Branson kanye ne-CEO ye-Air Asia u-Tony Fernandes, bobabili abanamaqembu eNdebe Yomhlaba ye-Formula 1, bebheja ukuthi noma ubani oqede ephansi kakhulu emqhudelwaneni wabakhi uzosebenza enkampanini yezindiza eqhudelanayo .
U-Branson ulahlekelwe - uLotus uqede endaweni ye-10 kanye ne-Virgin engu-12 - kodwa uhambo bekufanele luhlehliswe ekuqaleni kuka-2011 ngoba u-Richard Branson wayenezinkinga zempilo. Manje uTony Fernandes uthe uBranson uxhumane naye ukuze ahloniphe ukubheja. “Uzoba isisebenzi sebhanoyi ngoMeyi e-Air Asia. Sekudlule iminyaka emibili, kodwa okubalulekile ukuthi ayikakhohlwa”, kubhala uTony Fernandes enkundleni yezokuxhumana iTwitter.
UFernandes wayesememezele esikhathini esidlule ukuthi isikhulu saseMelika sizonikeza ikhofi, ukudla nakho konke abagibeli abanelungelo lokukuthola endizeni ekhethekile yamahora ayi-13 isuka eKuala Lumpur iya eLondon. Amathikithi endiza azofakwa endalini futhi imali engenayo izobuyela ezinhlanganweni ezisiza abampofu. Njengoba amazwi engoma kaRui Veloso ethi “isithembiso silindelekile”…
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa