European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fags 28 1 Iem the stars and stripes monday june 15,1987 up defects Vogel As party chairman Bonn a Germany s social democrats overwhelmingly elected haht4g�hen Vogel a party chairman Lif it him Iii Len retiring Willy Brand the f than limit ill Mill 1i 1 been Al the Helm for 23 years. Vogel 6t, he social democrats parliamentary floor Leader since 1983, had been nominated to succeed Brand March and his election at a special party Congress Here sunday was largely a for Mality. Much of the attention Al the part conference focused on the 73-year-Ota Brandt a giant in Pulwar German poli tics who won the Nobel peace pro jul while Chancellor in 1971 for nor his country s relations bloc. In a be Remoda file Congress Brand twas appgj0 l Ririe first honorary chair Man of his 124-year-old party Ger Many s oldest Brandt announced his resignation i March a year earlier than scheduled after being confronted with a party re his selection for party cd chose a greek Cit Izen who  recent string of spa losses in elections also figured in his i step Down. The party go off Jermany from1969 to lauds nest five years under remainder under Helmut certainly you remember the victories of past Yean but also very clearly the losses especially those you sctt could have been avoided Brandt said he seemed to be referring to the undercurrent of Discon tent about his leadership As the spa suffered one election loss after another during the past 18 months. But mistakes Are there to learn fro until the end he went  racy has much before  in  it is Clear  and ability fighting Between leftist and moderate make clouded the spa s credibility on Mojo flow a  contributing to ?niidd0 5. Another Factor in the spleen the progressive disappearance of old working class constituency a phenomenon afflicting left Wing parties across Western Europe. Vogel among the Best known social democrats after Brandt and Schmidt was elected by a 404-9 vote with 10 delegates abstaining. Former Chancellor Willy Brandt flying from Page 1 e and is 31 Yean old. As major  get nearly $40.000 in pay  com pared with a 122,000 status coiled airlines it takes about five years to make up that Gap. By age 35, both an air Force and United airlines Pilot would ear about s45,000. But by age 40, the Pilot would make s 100,000 with United com pared with about 150,000 with the air Force. Retirement. Airline pensions aver age Between 150,000 and $90,000 a year at age 60. A colonel retiring with 20 year service could get $24,000 a year. A Pilot for United airlines who started with the company at age 30 would make 1160,000 in his last year and would gel a $96,000 annual pension. Medical benefits. Medical Benr provided by the major airlines 1uj0comparable to those in med a Mili tary member offering a face of Sev eral options in most Casne study  there May be Bior fees for civil Ian care usually per $5, they Are offset by the  of private health Caarmen compared with the Mil itary system it said. Hie airlines also beat the military i dental care by a wide margin with Choice and convenience again emphasized. Vacation. Civilian pilots must Workman avenge of 11 to 19 Yean with an airline before accumulating the same 30days vacation time thai military pilots j the time they begin Active duty military. Weekends and holi Days  s leave period count against thai but. The study noted Hemline Pilot works Only about 15 month. Vacation Lime is in  off the study Saul Pflugi creative scheduling airline cd Man easily Dou ble the actual Anu Petrof vacation Days my from Home. Average Uty assignment in the Mill in come is 13 Days per  Airlift units and 10 Days per nth for tactics 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 the sponsor. Most airlines pro vide virtually unlimited travel benefits to pilots. Families can also travel free although some airlines limit the travel Toonce a year or families can buy a variety of discount tickets from 50 percent to 90percent off in addition to comparisons of the benefits of military and civilian Pilot Ca Reers the study contained disturbing news for air Force personnel officials. In the next decade the Maju Mcwill add about 14,000  Wili see nearly 18,000 nip retire. That Means the adm null need nearly 32,000 in lots Over that time Span the ail not a _ alone create pm airlines could conceivably hire want to get Zero growth i military Pilot who want Ligid. Assuming Herfor the next 10 years Jon retirements Hud for separating military pilots to Ano cd extremely Low retention Industry growth and civilian Pilot Uliuli  Jurf j we i j1970s 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 incorrect act 20-20 vision the study said. But airlines now hire pilots in their 50s As Well As those with vision Cor reeled to 20-20 by eyeglasses or Contact lenses. Thai situation increases the length of Lime the air for cts Yuan Brablc to a member separalipk3tudy said. Nce a Pilot reached 10 to service he was considered he turd for at least 20 years in study said. Part of this was the draw of retirement but a portion was also due tothe age at which this occurs 32 to 34." since the Chance for employment wit the civilian airlines had ended by that Point military pilots had nowhere Ehe logo. This is no longer the Case the stud said. Combined with the fact that in any year of service lifetime financial compensation is belter on the outside the capture zone concept May no longer apply to the military Pilot  the fact that airlines no longer require 20-20 vision has also in number of air Force pilots Rolbin flying careers the study said win previously a Pooh or erected vision compared his air Fortus Teeter witha civilian non flying Job where the Mili tary compares quite favourably. Since be is now competitive for a airline career the air Force can expect to lose some of these pilots who would have stayed in the past the study said. Pilots capt David c.  one Point however he did not that the language in the report used and duty that Don t have anything to do  Hickey too attacking in a exist which was pre a r. Theodore Roth and Kru Wilh re rement pay even better. We Don t support it we Don t agree with it and we wish not to see it printed further Mickey concluded. Latest statistics show the air Force keeping about 54 percent of the Pilot who reach their first Chance to retire the end i Mem Kellug ii Ign training m i of after a series of major military raises ande Mtnlion was three we know Why we re losing airlines Are hiring now an a Force spokesman said. And we re trying to do something Aboul it he said the air Force has begun letting pilots air their complaints Al special meetings. In answer Osome of in certain areas and provide conditions the spokesman said. The air Force recently announced that it would again begin giving flight Crew the famed aviator s leather practice that Many  Iasi mail ended some years ago. Italians go to the polls in 2-Day National elections Rome up italians began two Days of voting sunday in National elections called one year ahead of schedule to Settle a bitter Power struggle Between Christian democrats and socialists. A Tola of 45,583,499 italians were eligible to vote at84,577 polling places throughout the country. The first projections Are expected shortly after the polls Clos monday at 10p.m. The collapse of socialist prime minister Belloc Radii s five party Center left coalition of Christian democrats socialists republicans social Democrat Sand liberals that had provided three and a half years of political stability forced Early  the Only Campaign Issue was whether uie socialists or the Christian democrats Italy s dominant party since world War ii would Lead the next coalition government. Political leaders feared a High abstention rate. Elec Tion officials however reported the Early turnout was near Normal. West Germany endorses Reagan s Berlin Challenge Bonn up president Reagan s Challenge to Hie East to tear Down the Berlin Wall and his proposal for making the divided City of Berlin a site of future olym Pic games and International meetings were strongly endorsed sunday by West German leaders Reagan s Call for the destruction of the Wall triggered Sharp criticism from the soviet Union and East Germany almost immediately after he made it in a speech Fonda during his four hour visit to West Berlin. But his olympic games proposal and his suggestion the United nations could hold meetings in the divided City have drawn no comment from either East Berlin or the Wall was built in 1961 by East Germany with the backing of the soviet Union and the communist Warsaw pact nations in. Order to Stop the massive flow of refugees to the West. Massacre suspects arrest denied by Italy Turkey Ankara Turkey a turkish newspapers re ported saturday that italian police have arrested two suspects in last year s bloody terrorist attack on a Istanbul synagogue but the reports were denied by turkish and Lial Lan authorities. The three Istanbul daily newspapers which did not cite any sources for their reports said a group of visiting ital Ian investigators last week told turkish officials Aboul two arrests 45 Days ago on a Turin Milan  to the press reports the two suspects said they were members of Abu Nidal s terrorist Organiza Tion and that they had played a part in last septem Ber s synagogue massacre in which 23 worshippers were killed