European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 doctors overruled by air surgeon Medico grounded pilots being reinstated Pittsburgh a More thin250 professional Pilot once grounded by potentially taut or debilitating medical conditions have been allowed to Fly again by the Federal air surgeon often Over the objections of medical experts according to a published report. One of the pilots re certified by  Austinjr. Suffered a heart attack and crashed his helicopter on aug. 3, killing himself and a passenger the Pittsburgh press reported in its sunday editions. The Pilot Joseph o Brien had been grounded by a Federal aviation administration medical inspector after other doctors had said his heart was too Dis eased to let him continue flying. Austin had overruled that decision end re instated o Brien s License. Doctors familiar with cases handled by Austin characterize his decisions As dangerous and reckless and a serious threat to safety thai May endanger the lives of thousands the newspaper  of us who know what he doing  to Dalh that one of Austin personal decisions will Fly a plan Load of passengers into the ground said  Gibbons the former chief of medi Cal research for the , 62, is the final authority in virtually All appeals of medical decisions made by the 7,000 Faa approved aviation medical examiners who give mandatory flight physicals to each of the nation s 700,000 pilots. Austin who was appointed by Thefan on oct. 1, 1984, said he often ignores the panel of Faa medical Consul Tants who he acknowledged Are lending specialists in their Fields the press  applied my own judgment and i certified those people. They Haven t died or crashed. Except o Brien he said. Soon after o Brien s death. Or. Mer Vyn Ellis lad a senior consultant to the Faa and one of the nation s leading cardiologists resigned in protest. You Are certifying cardiac of Al classes that i consider unfit to Fly elks lad told Austin in his letter of Resig nation. If you proceed with your pre sent policies i believe it will Only be a matter of Lime before we lose a 747 full of passengers due to a sudden cardiac event in the  government records show that in 77cases for which Austin has granted an exemption for a medically grounded Pilot medical specialists called in by the Faa had ruled that the potential danger was moderate to High the newspaper said. It was bad enough that Austin was ignoring our recommendations on who was Safe to Fly but what was really fright ening us was that he was ruling on scores of cases that neither we. Nor his staff Ever saw Ellestad said. Appolo underwater hotel undersea 11 Jive my vow. Am mar ill in its two Pri the Holtei. Divers enter through centrally located dire port. Tiger mauls High school student san Mateo Calif. Up a 450-Pound Benga Tiger named Rakhman was just playing rough when he leaped off the stage at a High school Pep rally an mauled a football player his handler said saturday. Dragging two handlers with Bis Chain Leash Rakha pounced onto the front Row of a screaming audience of about 1,400 students Landing on Craig Henderson a 210-Pound tackle for the san Mateo High school bearcats. Everything always happens to me Henderson said after the Friday noontime attack. A couple of Yean ago i was bitten by a dog. All the unusual thing that happen they seem to happen to  Henderson a Junior was taken to a Hospital Emer gency room where he required 78 Siil Ches to close a wound on the underside of his  above his right Elbow. He resumed to school later in the Day but sat out saturday s football game against the burling Mehigh school panthers. He s a big Tough kid said principal Stewart Dimon. When Craig came Back to school he was laughing and smiling and telling everybody he fell great no  the cat was brought onto the stage an announcer boomed Over the Public address system this is whatever san Mateo player has inside of him with the students screaming and applauding train ers Bill Fleming and Pat Manin venue put me Tiger through its paces. As the cat walked across the stage atthe end of the performance cheering students Rose to their feet applauding and Rakhman apparently startled by the sudden outburst leaped into the front Row of the audience Landing on Henderson. I was trying to get away from the Tiger and chopped Over three rows of seats trying to  Hen Derson said. I was trying to get Over the fourth Row when he got hold of  the trainers shouted for the students to remain Inone place while they struggled to control the Tiger. Teachers also took up the cry and the audience stopped moving. There Are absolutely no plans to destroy Rakhman because of the attack a spokeswoman for the owners of the animal said. Collapse of 10 cadets probed Santa be . Up Santa be school officials Are investigating the collapse of at least 10 Navy a Roth cadets last week during a dress inspection i freezing weather schools superintendent Edward Ortiz  Knees buckled beneath several of the Santa be High school cadets who were wearing their Light weight dress uniforms during a full scale inspection at Ivan head stadium on  nurse Dolores Fidel said 19 cadets showed signs of  Rose Fidel said she thought All the cadets were Back in school  temperature was about 20 degrees with a wind chill Factor of 8 degrees when cadets began forming ranks about 7 40 , thursday. Principal Fidel and two a Roth officers decided to proceed with the inspection which began at about 8 30a.m. Assistant superintendent Amos Melendez will re View the decision to hold the inspection in the cold and said his investigation will Lake about 10  said any report made to the school Board Wilt be confidential because it would be a personnel matter. We want to make sure there was no  said. Then Well Lake it As a teaming situation possibly so we can establish guidelines for the  first concern is the kids Ortiz said. Really these Are judgment Calls. We want to make sure if the same conditions occur the decision is not  a Navy officer came from san Diego for what was considered the most important inspection of the year for the 11s cadets. Some officials blame the cold weather nervousness and slower blood circulation from the cadets Locking their Knees at attention for More than one hour. Fireman who bared All gets Job Back workers strike Rialto Calif. A a firefighter who was dismissed be cause he posed nude Tor a sen Magazine has been ordered re instated by a judge. Of film Council violated the Brown act by meeting in closed session when King had requested a Public meeting. File an Appeal. King and Bis wife appeared in several sexually explicit photographs in a pictorial on group sex in an 1985 Issue of velvet Magazine. Fire chief Roger Purdie who was acting City administrator atthe time termed King s conduct indecent and fired him in sep tember 1985. Purdie said King s conduct affected the Good order and operations of the fire station and was a violation of the department s code of ethics. Driver killed 38 Hurt in school bus crash Tallahassee Fla. Up a bus carrying members of a High school band collided with a car saturday killing the Driver of the Auto and injuring 38 band members and their  Rutherford High school Miemi. Their four chaperones and the Driver othe bus were treated for minor 4"n � � area hospitals and released after the12 20 . Accident. A spokesman for the Leon county sheriffs office said most of the students and chaperones suffered bumps an bruises but three had broken Bones. None of the injuries was serious enough to warrant a stay in the Hospital he said. The Driver of the car who was killed instantly was identified by police As James Daviu keel 28.officer Wesley Montford of the Flor Ida Highway patrol said keel was travel ing East on slate Rood 20, about 10 Miles East of Tallahassee when he crossed the Center line of the Road. The Driver of the bus who was no identified tried to avoid hitting his car but was unable to miss in Mon Ford  band was returning to Panama City after a football game at Tallahassee High school. Tenn. Factory clarksv1lle, Tenn. A Union employees at the Trane co. Air conditioner Plant struck saturday after reject ing the company s final contract offer which included bonuses but no wage in creases. More than 870 my Mecl of local1296 of the International association of machinists and aerospace worker voted against the offer saturday morn ing officials said. The new contract would have replace the one that expired at Midnight Friday said Ray Bell personnel manager for the Lacross  firm. Union members voted on our offer and turned in Down. We find ourselves on strike a of today he said. It is our understanding that employees refused to ratify because of objections to the eco nomic ofter