European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 4. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Airport delays in number of delays per 1.000takepffs or landings for 1987 through May 31 72.3 note a delay is defined by the Federal aviation administration As Takeoff of Landing that is a least 15 minutes behind schedule Chicago Tribune graphic source Federal aviation administration airlines ordered to report monthly on flight problems Washington the transportation do pan mint trying to Spur the airlines into improving service announced wednesday ii was directing major air carriers to file monthly reports on flight delays and other operational problems affecting travellers. We bit no that disclosure of this information will help reduce consumer frustration with airline delays transport Avion Secretary Elizabeth Dole old e new conference. She said the rules which arc expected to take effect Early next year should make the carriers More responsive to Consumers and give them additional incentives to compete on the basis of better performance the requirements apply to the 14 largest Domestic air carriers and to flights coming in or leaving from the 27 largest . Airports. Dole said inc rules will cover 63 percent of Domestic lights directly and Are Likely 1o have a rip Pic effect on other flights. Delays caused by mechanical problems will be exempt from the reporting requirement because of concern that pressure to report such delays might pose safety problems. The department action came As consumer Protection legislation aimed at improving air service has been advancing in Congress amid a record number of complaints about delays and other problems from air traveler. The new regulation will require the major airlines to disclose monthly to the government their on time performance cancelled flights frequency of lost or dam aged bags and How often travellers Are bumped from flight because of overbooking. Consumer advocates have argued that if the airlines provide More information about their performance travellers will he Able to better choose which air Carrier Lolly. In addition in reporting consumer in forma i Ion to the transportation deportment each month the air lines also will have to include flight delay information on the computerized displays used by most travel agents when selecting a Light. There Are five such computer reservation systems in use bul two of them operated by american in United airlines do More than 70 percent of the business. Delays and poor airline service have prompted out cries from air travellers this summer As inc number of aviation consumer complaints filed with the transportation department increased sixfold. Members of Floc Senate Commerce committee wrote Dole in n a that prompt and effective action was need to Deal with airline complaints and hat the department should nol wait fora Lep Lalive  in recent months both the House and Senate have advanced legislation railing for airlines to disclose in formation on Light delays and cancellations lust or damaged baggage and inc frequency of travellers being bumped from a flight. The transportation department has opposed the ills arguing that regulatory action was the Best Way to Deal with the disclosure Issue. It also has opposed some aspects of the Bills that would go beyond the disclosure Ofin formation. The legislation being considered by the House for example also would Pul a ceiling on the number of flights Al about 40 of the nation s largest airports an require carriers to give a free ticket o passengers whose bags have been lost or delayed. Teachers link Latchkey practice to class problems Washington a most Public school teachers in a National Survey rated the widespread practice of Leav i no children on thai r own after school As the biggest cause  difficulties in the classroom. Parents questioned separately for the Louis Harris and associates Survey also expressed concern about the Latchkey child phenomenon which has spread Asmore and More parcels take jobs outside the Home. Forty one percent of the 2,000 parents surveyed said they leave their child on his or her own Between the end of school and 5 30 pm Al least once a week almost a Quarter left Ihm alone every Day. The Survey sponsored by metropolitan life insurance co. Was released wednesday at the National press club. There s no Way to conclude that this Survey will cause a big movement of women Back to the Home Harris Saint thai Battle has been  Harris said the Survey showed there is a need for not just Day care but a whole support system and some Type of non required after school activity should be made available. The schools he said seem to be inc logical place for thai. The poll found morale on the upswing among the 1,000 teachers surveyed with younger instructors say ing they arc less tempted to defect from Careen in the classroom. The percentage of teachers saying they were satisfied with their jobs Rose in the past year from is percent o85 percent while the proportion indicating they were Likely to leave the profession within five years fell from 27 percent to 22 percent. Only 20 percent of those with less than five years experience said they expected to switch careers Down from 39 percent in a 1986 Harris Survey. The Survey report said higher salaries and the sheer amount of attention Given in the past couple of years to the stale of education May explain Why teachers Are feeling belter about their jobs Harris said the improvement in teacher morale is cause for optimism bul warned there s no guarantee the trend will continue. If the promises of education Reform Are nol continued then this Ray of Hope could be snuffed out. Believe me he said it s that Deli  Surv cd teachers and parents Al random by Telephone the poll has a la o to Throe Point Standard margin of error. When asked to rank Sescon possible causes of Stu dents difficulties in school 51 percent of teachers picked children who Are left on their own afterschool poverty at Home was cited by 47 percent automatic promotion by 44 percent teachers failure to adapt to individual student needs by 43 percent single Parent families by 42 percent Boring Currick teachers opinions on the major causes of students difficulties responses f of 1 .002 school teachers who were asked which of the following ites were ajor causes of students academic difficulties. Students Are let on their own a Ter school poverty in the student s automatic p motion to higher grades teachers not adapting to individual student s needs single Parent families Boring curriculum student have two working parents 10 20 30 40 50 60% source Louis Harns and Assoc. Him by 34 percent and families where both parcels work full time by 25 percent. Both parents and teachers were asked their views on some common criticisms of parents. Sixty two percent of teachers and 59 percent of parents agreed parents leave their children alone to much after school 51 percent of teachers and 38 per cent of parents said the mothers and fathers fail to discipline heir children. About half of each group faulted parents for neglecting to make sure Homework was done and for not showing enough interest in their children s education but Only about a Quarter of the teachers 2j percent and a third of the parents 34 percent believed parents up graphic fail to show respect for teachers. Almost to i hindi of Rochers and parents said the schools today Are belter than when they were  28 percent of the teachers and 32 percent of the parents believed they were worse. If Given a Choice of several different Public schools. 74 percent of inc parents said they probably would Slick with their present school. Twenty four percent said they seriously would think about switching to an other. The rest were unsure. The teachers did no appear worried about Competition. Eighty one percent thought parents would eci p Ihetu children in the Gnu school and Only 15 believed parents would seriously consider a switch