European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Concorde passengers speak of the Eura and mystique of Hying on the Edge of space. Air traffic reporting a dangerous beat associated press Athy Collins is haunted by the last Panicky on air cries of a traffic reporter whose copier crashed into the Hudson River. Alter 19 years coffins is thinking about ending her Oivin career in the Clouds. Her Liance wants her to get another of.  Saint the 39-year-old reporter with Koy radio in Phoenix ariz., the pay is Good i enjoy the work and the station has been Good o to. I Don t knot what i m going Lodo right now and she admits i m scared a it me bit her tear is not unfounded. Since april airborne reporters have been involved in crashes of seven helicopters and one plane. Seven lives were lost making 1986 the worst year Ever Lor such accidents according to the National transportation safety Board. In of Lober new York City reporter Jai Ornacker was killed when her helicopter crashed Inu in Hudson during a wisc broadcast. Dornacker s panicked cries of hit the water hit the water were heard by thousands of Rush hour commuters. The latest fatalities occurred in Cincinnat i. Where a chopper crashed in heavy tog killing Pilot Dan Gould 31, and Krc reporter Nancy Mccormick 26. Every Lime something like this happens those of us in the an make a Little Etra offer to to vigilant said Carl Dombeck trait a Pilot in Porter Lor King am in Seattle Many Veteran reporters remain undaunted Zonnis Nordin has survived iwo in copay crash landings m the three yogis he s reported on Rall to from a Helicon uni or Kex am in Portland Ore. To knows he is Lucky Lubo alive but Hie sitfi1 of a twinkling City below. Him outweigh1 lie lest of flying in the evening when to Are coming Over he West Hills when it s a Clear air night it s just Beautiful up there he said concentrating on so Many things Al once ground traffic flying Condi hons radio chatter makes airborne reporting a hectic of. You have to remember you re also the foil ice the disc jockeys said Nordin 34. If you re up there wondering it you re going to make it through the weather or not you can t target you re still expected to be the de Mcmahon. It s dil cult to be Jovial when you re somewhat  in los Angeles commander Chuck Street who pile is be Tow Thunder or los Angeles Kiis pm said the Cincinnati crash reminds him of the inherent danger of the occupation. It takes a lot of concentration said Street who earns $50,000 to $75,000 a year. You have to cons Lanty Light against  since 1975, when the Nosb began keeping such records. 17 tragic helicopters have crashed killing 12 people the most in any year until now was 19b3, when three accidents kilted Lour people last year s accidents remain under investigation so officials Are Una boo to speculate on any reason for the increase. Tony Dibiasio believes pills could use More framing Dibiasio. A flight instructor and traffic reporter owns a company of eight pilots who do traffic reporting Lor two Providence r i area stations. Some he said. Arc Tak ing pilots with the minimum flight time requirements others have pills who will Fly for Iree or for minimum wage because they need the flight Home i Don t think the radio stations Are aware of the experience level of inc  who carry their people " in Jacksonville Fia. News director Dave Rocha Julion of a Ltd Sard his station has Given up airborne traffic reporting since Eno of res cameramen narrowly escaped death in a june 16 helicopter crash that killed a Pilot and a reporter from Anol Hor station. The memories will never go away for most of the staff Richardson said 14 the stars and stripes airline Derei by agis Salukis new York times the presidents of two airlines caught huddling in a Corner Al a recent Industry function welcomed an outsider into heir Tete a Leta with the words of we re just  they were oking. Bui  t these Days the buzzword in the airline Industry is oligopoly. Headings such As Consoli Dalian into an oligopoly in a recent report by Candace Browning an airline analyst for a Etrheim & co., have become commonplace after a tumultuous year of consolidation brought on by six years of deregulation the airline Industry Many analysts consultants and some executives believe is heading into a period when a Tew major carriers Are in a stronger position than Ever to Call the shots. Instead of developing a group of viable Tow Cost and laity carriers that would bring Down ares and Olfer Bare Donas travel deregulation eventually enabled mos of the old line Large carriers to grow stronger and to Swallow up other airlines. The trend is causing Many to predict thai although Competition will continue it will be not be As intense. Fare wars Are expected to be fewer and More limited. Discount Tares will to More restricted. Fewer seats will be made available at lower prices. Most analysis and Industry executives have become More cautious in making predictions since Lew if any Lof Esaw the Lurry of consolidations that occurred in the airline Industry in 1986. The Texas air corp under the leadership of Frank Lorenzo us chairman acquired Eastern and part of Frontier and is m the process of taking Over people express. Northwest has la Cen Over Republic. Delta has acquired Western even american airlines which had vowed it did not want to grow through acquisition has said it would acquire air Cal to Siren Glen its position against United. Airlines on the West coast. Shortly thereafter us air said it would acquire Pacific Southwest airlines another wednesday Jam