European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Altha Nilca unofficial publication for vol. 46. No. 241 tuesday. December 15. 1987 Ahmed Force Mita not d 8693 a inside stripes g Safe releases b7 Accident figures Page 2 o 200,000 March to protest bombing in Spain Page 8 q pro football results sports pages explosion damage a to Fate in the Mac passenger terminal Ita Loyee. In room at Rhein main a shows in effects a training device explosion that injured three Jerman employees sunday. The device blew a 4 in Loti Hole in the Able. Story on Page 28. Air Force May create career spec by n n Black Washington Theta orc has agreed to study the idea of creating a Fly Irr of career path for its pilots a move that would break the tradition thai pilots arc first and Foremost of trs and not just Jet jockeys. While it May defy common perception air pilots tend to do most of their flying during that stages of their careers according to a new accounting office report that disclosed the plans to conduct the study. By the Lime a Pilot has served 12 a cars Fie service and sometimes much earlier he pacing pushed into supervisory and staff be wants to move or not the Gao noted is the air Force has not undo Alren an Overall study to examine the advantages of offer ing pilots an alternative of tar path with a greater focus on inc Pilot As a anti Lisl rather than the total officer inc Gao said in an Era of deciding budgets and concerns about falling re crts Ismair Rales such a study could deter mine whether Jmc pilots would remain in the service if they had to keep lying longer the Gao Sug Guyed. The Piwaron responded in a letter dated nov. 13, advising the Gao that the air Force had agreed to study. He air Force will a Valuate the Cost Benefit of Ere rating a 20-Ycarjreer path Llinat places a Pilot in i Hying Billet win 100 percent of his or her career wrote the principal Deputy assistant for manpower. A inc analysis will be completed by january nor noted however ihi1 air forts had already Fried some problems with developing a Pilot i oaf the service has Only so much Money to buy air planes and pay the so of flying them lie said. The suit is that Wilnis already have a hard tune Hying Ough to maintain proficiency. Up Caling these air plane assets to a Pilot career Field would further limit the Hying experience Newl for those pilots who will t Nam the future a Force operations he said. The 2 Pagh a study by rep. Bill Chappell 3-flat.chairman of the House appropriations defense Ink a Imilce was released last week. It focuses on we Emu Mill airy cells the rate management process to to personnel policies thai govern men and women Whon Arnod the rating of Pilot. The defense department s posit Uthal Al Kiili Lary pilots Are primarily officers and scow airily pilots. They should therefore be trained to be thit officers and to be competitive in their careers with of non Pilot officer the Gao wrote. The air Force believes that intense speciali/3 see air Force on Page Volcker fears Buck will Spur inflation new York a the Dollar has fallen too far. Raising the risk of higher inflation in lie United slates and de pressed economies abroad former fed eral Reserve chairman Paul Volcker said. "1 think there s too much emphasis on trying to Correct the Trade situation with changes in inc Dollar and Loo Little on what i Sec As More fundamental adjustment measures both in the . And in Europe and Japan Volcker said in an interview in Tokyo on an ai3c news program the toll y Volcker said Japan has taken some very promising Steps toward redirect ing its Economy to rely on internal growth instead of exports but he said West Germany has not done enough be cause of a Little Clicc Sivc fear Orin la Tion. They seem to be moving. Whether they re moving far enough fast enough forcefully enough it s difficult to judge but i Ihrk there is a change in Atmo sphere Volcker said. Volcker also said the United slates needs to reduce its consumption partly by doing More to Cut the Federal budget deficit. I think we be got big problems Volcker said. I would not be gloomy if i thought that we arc taking collectively not just in the . Inc right actions. 1 think that s possible. In that sense i m not gloomy. It we Don t take them then i m Italy rail workers strike Airport walkout averted Rome a travellers in Italy faced problems resulting from a 24-hour Wildcat strike thai halted trains but negotiators managed to head Offan All Day walkout that would have paralysed airports on monday. Railroad engineers went on strike Al 4 . Sunday defying an agreement reached the Day before Sci neck the state run rail by him and Italy s three Trade Union confederations leading the walkout were worker committees that have declared their in dependence from decisions made by the nationwide Union groups. The rail strike was scheduled to end at 4 . Monday. Airport found workers scheduled 10 walk Olf the Job for 24 hours Al Midnight sunday in a strike called by the federations cancelled the move is the dead line neared sunday evening. The action see strike on Page 28 won t miss missiles bract Kent chairman of Britain s Cam end find. 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