European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 1, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 space a Petitioner not giving up Hopes to see family members fill empty seats by Jimi Jones suit Weller Rhein main a. West Germany Sandra Pihana wants the 3,000 people who signed her petition to know she has t abandoned her project. And the wants them to know she s still optimistic thai she can win family members the right to unaccompanied space available travel within the healer so that they can Sec Europe while stationed Here. Pihana a Volunteer Al the Rhein main military air lift come passenger lentil nil mailed her petition on space a travel to officials in october after spending nearly three months gathering signatures outside  and commissaries Al Roncin main and near by Frankfurt and Hanau. The petition asked the Mili tary Airlift come to change its policy and allow family members to travel space available within the european theater without their sponsors. Under current rules family members can Fly alone in Europe Only if they Are a Guible for environmental morale leave special leave granted to families and Servic members stationed Al Remote Sites that arc considered hardship posts ,./.-.,. I d just like 16 Sec family members fill empty seats on regularly scheduled nights to places like Greece Turkey Berlin and Spain said Pihana wife of capt. Patrick Pihana assigned to Rhein main s Del i 1723rd combat control so. What i want people to know right now is that i m not going to give up. ,. She said she s progressing step by step to avoid making Waves of creating problems within the system and will keep pushing for it.". Copies of the petition went to sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services commit tee commanders of both Mac and Safe the Mili tary family association and sen. John Glenn d Ohio chairman of the manpower and personnel sub committee of the armed services committee. In addition she sent copies to rep. Beverly Byron Militar personnel and com Sandra i Bank As Bra Rem hotter chairman of the military sensation subcommittee of the House armed services committee rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., whose interest in family issues is Well known All nine House members from her Home state of Missouri and others. Pihana was disappointed with some responses but pleased with others she was encouraged by a letter from Mac s transportation staff on behalf of Gen. Duane h. Cassidy commander of Mac and the . Trans come. It said that Pihana proposal was being evaluated by transportation officials at Safe and that Mac stands ready to help Safe evaluate her recommendations. The letter also pointed out that a similar recommendation from a family member prompted the existing environmental morale leave program. Safe officials confirmed thai they were asked in february by the air Force to review the policy but could not say whether the request came As a result of Pihana petition. R. Air Force spokesman maj. Francis Tunstall said the idea of space a for unaccompanied family members i n theater has previously been rejected. We Don t expect any different results he said of Pihana s petition. But our transportation folks Are going to Mac and the department of defense to see a Swan song to Winter a Park official in Hamburg West German herds a lock of swans from a healed Pool area � Here the spent the cold West German Hinter i he swans crowd tin1 Inland Waters around limn Buie in it Summit months. If the policy can be  in response to an inquiry from Nunn the air Force congressional inquiry division wrote in a letter that Congress had taken a firm stance against similar re. Since there is a finite amount of space a Airlift with priority going to the military member inc approval of additional categories of travellers would provide hollow Promise of Airlift to these groups wrote la. Col. Stephen c. Sherwood of the division Nunn enclosed a Short note of his own and for warded the response to Pihana who said she was upset when she received it. She said Sherwood s response is very vague. If he s talking about space a Hack and Forth to the states then yes. But i m talking about within Heater. When he said there was a Finelt amount of space a Airlift i just Don t think the research has been done in the european in catch especially season Skype travel during her Volunteer work at the Rhein main Mac passenger terminal Pihana frequently hears announce ments Otterine scats to passengers of nil categories. She acknowledged that it s not an everyday occurrence but said excellent times for family members to use the system arc during the school year and during the Peri ods Between major exercise Pihana has written to Sherwood asking him to take a closer look at regularly scheduled Mac flights out of european terminals so family members can " til empty cats on planes thai must Fly to certain destinations giving a few extra dollars to the military and making the lift of a military spouse happier and More fulfilling  ,. Space a passengers now travel Tor $10. I Don t know if the air Force could use the extra $10. But a least that scat would not go  i Ghana said. It would be filled with a pay ing customer.". While awaiting More responses Pihana is encouraging people in other areas to Start similar petitions. ,. Many people i be met have children in colleges in England Spain or Italy Pihana said and if people in those countries and others Here in Europe. Would Start petitions. ,. Then it would be a larger group Sayring let us travel while we re in Europe " 1  said. Pihana would like persons interested in starting petitions to write to her at Box 2347, Apo 09qs7. Icon Ribling la Thrif Epolt stall Wontai Chuck Vince " doctors make Light of pan to replace Hospital copters London api two american doctors injecting a Light or than air touch in the staid British Menkol journal. Have suggested that hospitals replace  ambulances with blimps. State or the Art blimps Clearl one marketing ahead Start in reaching desirable medically insured status conscious Young Urban professionals wrote or. Joseph a Cottre l of the University. Of Pittsburgh arid or. Christopher Garrard of the University of Tali  Medicine in Chicago. Significantly the article appeared in the journal s edition of april i with so Many hospitals China helicopters a Jar Rard and Cottrll wrote it is increasingly difficult a distinguish St. John s Lif Sturt from county s Mcostar and i. Sinai s Lif Llight pc Are  the Blimp s ability to hash messages to the pop ule below same Day surgery 2 for i special on stress test while clearly showing its Hospital affiliation May help Butler inform health care  they suggested a trial of blimps and helicopters i various cities racing against ground based rickshaws the ultimate scoop and run vehicle hot air balloons a be More aesthetically pleasing they wrote for old cities where blimps or  would intrude upon a historic Skyline. One problem that they conceded is that Bull health care administration staff Garrard and. Conre i wrote