European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday june 15,1987 Reagan to give Green Light to arms pact Washington up president Reagan ii expected to announce monday in a televised address that backed by the allies he it ordering . Negotiator to wrap up an agreement with the soviets ridding Europe of All medium Range and Short Range missiles we re there one lop aide said referring to the superpower arms negotiations in Geneva that could Lead to a signing of a pact by Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Ai a Summit meeting in washing ton this fall. He also plans to submit to Congress monday or tuesday a lengthy mostly classified defense depart ment report on Security in Ibe fenian Gulf and the Protection of kuwaiti Oil tankers which is expected to begin next month said Deputy while House press Secretary Dan Howard. The report is the result of a Compromise with House speaker Jim Wright a Texas to Blunt congressional Calls to invoke the War Powers act and Strong opposition to the administration s plans to beef up Protection in the Gulf. On the arms front a communique from Reykjavik Iceland where the nato foreign ministers met last week gave the go ahead to the missile Accord the president spent a quiet weekend polishing his speech after returning Friday from a nine Day journey that included the economic Summit in Venice Italy and stops in Berlin and Bono. Reagan will Brief democratic and Republican Lead Era on the accomplishments of the economic Summit and the prospects for an arms Accord before addressing the nation monday night from the Oval office aides said thai while the address will highlight he result of the Venice Summit Reagan also intends to blend in his Domestic priorities mainly budget Reform. One White House official who asked not to be identified explained that Reagan wants to project his Agenda into the  part of it is to talk directly to the american people and tie in the Summit with what s going on in our country he said. Aide said Reagan plans to Campaign outside Washington one Day a week to stress his View that the Bud get needs overhauling and to continue his opposition to a tax increase and cuts in the defense budget. With Only 20 More months to go in office Reagan has been in no mood to Retreat from his goals to push Congress i no bigger cuts in Domestic spending. The president also is battling to hold the line against Trade legislation which he said in his radio address saturday would damage Prosperity at Home and among . Trade partners by erecting Tariff barriers against foreign goods. That will be his message when he goes to Capitol Hill tuesday to have lunch with members of the sen ate Republican policy committee. On the same Day he will hold a news conference with regional reporters. Flying from Page 1 air Force service and is 31 years old As a major the individual would get nearly $40,000 in pay and allowances com pared with a $22,000 starting salary from United airlines. It Unkei about five years to make up that Gap. By age 35, both an air Force and United airlines Pilot would ear about 45,000. But by age 40, the Pilot would make s100,000 with United com pared with about $50,000 with the air Force. Retirement. Airline pensions aver age Between 150,000 and 190,000 a year at age 60, a colonel retiring with 20 year service old get $24,000 a year. Pilot for United airlines who started with the company at age 30 would make 160,000 in his last year and would get a 196,000 annual pension. Medical benefits. Medical benefits provided by the major airlines Are very comparable to those provided for Mili tary members offering a Choice of Sev eral options in most cases the study  there May be minor fees for civil Ian care usually under $5, they Are offset by the Choice and convenience of private health care when compared with the Mil itary system it said. The airlines also beat the military in denial care by a wide margin with Choice and convenience again emphasized vacation. Civilian pilots must work an average of 11 to 19 years with an airline before accumulating the same 30 Days vacation time that military pilots gel from the Lime they begin Active duty. As in the military weekends and holi Days that fall within a Pilot s leave period count against thai leave. But the study noted the average air line Pilot works Only about is Days per month. Vacation time is in addition to these Days off the study said. With creative scheduling airline pilots can easily double the actual number of vacation  nights away from Home. Average temporary duly assignment in the Mili tary Airlift come it 13 Days per month for strategic Airlift units and 10 Days per month for tactical Airlift units. Civilian pilots average eight nights per month away from Home. Dependent travel. Air Force family members can travel on military aircraft Only overseas and Only when accompanied by Ibe sponsor. Most airlines pro vide virtually unlimited travel benefits to pilots. Families can also travel free although some airlines limit the travel to once a year or families can buy a variety of discount tickets from so percent to 90 percent off. In addition to comparisons of the benefits of military and civilian Pilot careers the study contained disturbing news for air Force personnel officials. In the next decade the major airlines will add about 14,000 Pilot slots and will Sec nearly 18,000 pilots retire. That Means the airlines will need nearly 32,000 More pilots Over that time Span the study said. The airlines could conceivably hire every military Pilot who wants to gel out it said. Assuming Zero growth in the airline Industry for the next 10 years not a Good Assumption retirements alone create enough demand for separating military pilots to allow for a continued extremely Low retention Rale Industry growth and civilian Pilot retirements coupled with a decreased sup ply of military pilots 4,000 air Force pilots produced per year in the Early 1970s compared with about 1,600 per year now have forced the airlines to change hiring practices. For example in the past airlines would t hire anyone Over age 32 or 33 or without uncorrected 20-20 vision the study said. But airlines now hire pilots in their 50s As Well As those with vision corrected to 20-20 by eyeglasses or Contact lenses. That situation increases the length of time the air Force is vulnerable to a member separating the study said. In the past once a Pilot reached 10 to 12 years of service he was consid ered captured for at least 20 years the study said. Part of this was the draw of retirement but a portion was also due to the age at which this occurs 32 to 34." since the Chance for employment with the civilian airlines had ended by that Point military pilots had nowhere else to go. This is no longer the Case the study said. Combined with Oie fact that in any year of service lifetime financial compensation is better on the outside the capture zone concept May no longer apply to the military Pilot  the fact that airlines no longer require uncorrected. 20-20 vision has also in creased the number of air Force pilots eligible for civilian flying careers the study said. Previously a Pilot Wiroj corrected vision compared his Ajr Force career with a civilian non flying Job where the Mili tary compares quite favourably. Since he is now competitive for an airline career the air Force can expect to lose some of these pilots who would have stayed in the past the study said. Pilots from Page 1 duty thai Don t have anything to do with  Mickey look pains to avoid directly attacking the analysis which Wai pre pared by maj. R. Theodore Roth and capt. David c. Nielsen. At one Point however he did note that the language in the report used adverbs and adjectives that Aren t substantiated such As calling the air Force pension system tremendous but the commercial retirement pay even better. We Don t Tor port it we Don t agree with it and we wish not to see it printed further Hickey concluded. Latest statistic show the air Force keeping about 54 percent of the pilots who reach their first Chance to retire the end of the six year hitch that comes after completing flight training. In 1983, after a series of major military raise and Benefit increases the retention was three of every four pilots. We know Why we re losing pilots. The airlines Are hiring now an air Force spokesman said. And we re trying to do something about it he said the air Force has begun letting pilots air their complaints Al special meetings. In answer to some of the complaints it has tried to reduce paper work in certain areas and provide better conditions the spokesman said. The air Force recently announced that it would again begin giving flight Crew members the famed aviator s Leatherjacket an ego satisfying practice that Many pilots have asked for since it ended some years ago. Vowel succeeds Brandt As spa party chairman of T pcs   Bonn a Germany s social democrats overwhelmingly elected Hans Jochen Vogel As party chairman sunday to succeed the retiring Willy Brandt the former Chancellor who had been at the Helm for 23 years. Vogel 61, the social democrats parliamentary floor Leader since 1983, had been nominated to succeed Brandt in March and his election ill a part Congress her sunday was largely a formality. Much of the attention at the party con Ference focused on the 73-year-old Brandt a giant in postwar German politics who won the Nobel peace prize while Chan cellar in 1971 for normalizing his country s relations with the soviet bloc. In a ceremony at the Congress Brandt was appointed the first honorary chair Man of his 124-year-old party Ger Many s old Cit. He is honoured for great service to the spa social Democrat the German people and peace in Europe and the world said s party statement issued at the  announced his resignation in March a year earlier than scheduled after being confronted with a party re Volt Over his selection for party spokes Man Brandt chose a greek citizen who was a personal Friend. A recent string of spa losses in state and Federal elections also figured in Bis decision to step  the disarray and bad feeling of three months ago seemed forgotten Sun Day As party delegates repeatedly applauded while Brandt gave a retrospective sometimes bittersweet speech on the spa and Bis own fortunes. I won t Surprise anyone when 1 say that certainly i had hoped the spa under my leadership could once again exert direct influence on the business of govern ment Brandt said. The party governed Germany from 1969 to 1982, the first five years under Brandt and the remainder under Helmut Schmidt certainly you remember the victories of past years but also very clearly the losses especially those you Felt could have been avoided Brandt said. He seemed to be referring to the undercurrent of discontent about his leadership As the spa suffered one election loss after another during the past 1s  mistakes Are there to learn from until the end he a Crit on. Social democracy has much before it. Openness Good ideas in practical policy Are demand edit 1$ Clear that much open Ness and ability to learn is  former Chancellor Willy Brandt