European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 24.1968 the stars and stripes Homestretch Micro unlit Pilot Brian Milton stretches after Nul Nii aviation Hill try Thun Ulsky Nulli his arrival in Darwin aus Nila. Millen flew 10,940 Miles from Britain in 36 flying dire. He was planning to Fly to Sydney in time for  tuesday s celebrations Marling 200 years of european  id Australia. �1 p33e 3 Faa reports number of near collisions jumped 26% in 87 Washington a near collision reports by pilots to inc Federal aviation administration increased 26 percent i ail year and the number of such reports involving commercial aircraft jumped -10 percent according 10 the Agency. Faa administrator Allan Mcartor acknowledged that the figures indic Alc a risk or midair collision in the nation s airspace but maintained that inc incr pcs do not a of Eccl a deterioration of safely. In recent months the number of such incidents has declined and december recorded Ike second lowest monthly total since february 1986, Mcartor told a group of reporters thursday. He said there were 46 reports in december. Later in a Speed to an aviation group Mcartor Alluri Fulcd the report Rale to in creased traffic and to pilots who arc quicker to make reports than in previous years. While lie said he was concerned about the increase in such reports Scarlor maintained that it docs not mean inc Public is exposed to greater risks. "1 can Tell you Hal your Odds of being killed in a midair collision arc 1 in 27 million but we want inc slight risk to be even less Mcartor told la National aviation club. He did Noi elaborate on the statistic. According to the Faa. There were i of near collision reports filed by pilots to the Agency in 1987, an increase of 26 percent from the 840 hied in 1986. It was inc Sec Ond year such reports have increased sharply. There were 758 filed in i9ss. About it percent of inc 1�s7 reports were classified As critical meaning that the aircraft came within 100 feet of each other or Iacre were other circumstances that indicated a collision was narrowly avoided according to Agency officials Mcartor said Hal while near collision reports increased last year the number of actual collisions a total of 21, All involving Small private planes dropped to the second lowest level in 20 years. He said the number of errors a air traffic controllers also dropped slightly after increasing sharply during the uni pan of the year. A Lack of any apparent correlation be tween Ilie various data bases makes in difficult to define and measure the Overall safety of the nation s airspace Scarlor said. By the Faa chiefs use of actual Colli Sion statistics As an in Kalor of airspace safety brought Sharp criticism from rep. Guy Molinari r-n.y., a frequent critic of the Faa on air traffic control matters. When a certain set of statistics no lie wrong Way the Faa Abandons Hose Statis tics and picks up another set Hal seems to look More positive said Molinari. We have a very Sharp increase in near collision reports and More disturbing is inc fact thai i percent of them arc critical " he said. You can t continue to increase your critical near midair collisions i Ghoul having actual collisions themselves. It s Jusi a Mailer of  ice Germany Plano of army brigade Paris api Kohl and president 1 Helmut ois Mitterrand signed accords Friday lot Taie a joint French West Germany Armani add and to coordinate inc defense and pc Iris of Hie two former enemies. 1 he new step in cooperation but web France and Germany who fought cac other in three wars Over 100 years a is the Centrepiece of the Celebration of inc 25lh anniversary of the French West German Friendship Irea Lyof 1963. West German defense minister Manfred Worner. Interviewed on French television said the joint brigade to be established under the defense Accord was a step toward a merged army. "1 Sec the possibility thai one Day Llibre would he a common army Warner said. It s a very Long perspex  wlm German troops March in the sin 1944. A Philo 8es in Paris Friday far the first Lime French defense minis Fml arc Giraud. Incr viewed at ibid lie time said he agreed and Adak the first step is the  Ujj Brig.  song Cisco a 52 Plbrich officer who Speaks Ger be the first commander of the brigade. The full text of the economic Accord is to be made Public a Cal week. The to sides said in a statement thai a joint eco nomic Council made up of inc finance ministers and cd neral Bank chiefs of Hie iwo nations would keep an Eye on inc budgetary monetary and economic poli cies of both sides meeting four limes each year. Kohl accompanied by about a dozen of his Cabinet ministers Wai to leave. Paris Friday evening after his Day of meetings. All military applicant of get drug alcohol tests by Chuck Vincit Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon grudgingly bowing to the wishes of c in Gorcsi will soon begin mandatory drug and alcohol testing of All applicants for military service according to a recent directive signed by Secretary of defense Frank Cartucci. The directive dated Jan. 15, Quirck by a provision inserted in inc Fis Cal �8b defense Asili Rumion Aci by sen. Ernest holling., hrs a it will apply to All applicants form Hilary service receiving their Pru Ertist mint physicals on Oraf Arjune  " the pc Nugon plans 10 test personnel before they reach Basic training Carlucci said. Applicants fur enlisted service will be tested Dur ii Mir pre  physicals.  applicants will be tested Ducaji Pincir pre Contr acting or pre Appeman enl physicals whichever coined Farsi. Rose who test positive for cocaine j will be tarred from applying for Mili tary service for one year after testing. A positive Reading for the the Active ingredient in marijuana or a blood alcohol level of 0.0$ percent half the Legal limit in most states will Render tin applicant temporarily ineligible for Mili tary service. However those testing positive for the or alcohol May be Etc std after six months Al the discretion of inc military service. A second positive Reading for either substance will make the applicant Ligis service for two years car Lucci said. Pentagon offal Fujs Aren t Happy with the holdings Provst for one thing they maintain trial Tocum testing of personnel already in ii Hue is sufficient and thai inc alcohol new provi Sion will nol be very effective. Although military officials a div alcohol continues to be a bigger or than drugs and that Little Progress been made in acc Cal years toward Cor reeling in they maintain that mandatory alcohol testing far recruit applicants 13 not the answer testing for alcohol does not really indicate whether a person May be. Or have it tendency to become an alcoholic officials said. An individual could reach the policy s 0.05 blood alcohol level cutoff after Only two or i rec drinks. But the Ovid int consideration is Money to pay for the program. Moll Ings made no mention of a supplemental appropriation id cover initial Start up costs which arc estimated Al so million far the last four months of fiscal 1988. From june to september costs will Rise 10 s23.3 million for fiscal i1s9. We re going to have to dig inc Money .1 of ensling funds said one official nol to he identified lie said us from which the funds n have nol been discussed yet if it Turffs Iii to be something Tike $100 a pop tit Chen 130 to lest each applicant Welt Wking big  the official said. Voct of co �0 people apply for the military Csc