European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 16, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7northwest flight Crew was legally drunk Washington apr a Northwest airlines Jet Nervine 91 passengers took off with a legally drunk in knit Crew while an inexperienced Federal inspector l la. A i. F a Oeler novt a4 4a /4a a was telephoning his supervises to ask what to do a Federal aviation administration official told Congress wednesday. A a inspectors will be retrained on Agency policies so they can respond quickly to prevent a similar incident Faa associate administrator Anthony Broderick said in testimony before the aviation subcommittee of the House Public works committee. The Faa also will make sure airlines Are notified immediately of allegations that flight Crews have been drinking. Broderick said. The Agency a is deeply committed to making sure this does no to happen again a he told the panel. Broderick said the Faa inspector in Fargo n.d., could not smell alcohol on the breaths of any of the three Crew members. He then decided that the three men did not appear to be intoxicated despite an Anonymous tip they had. Foi a been drinking heavily the night before the Early mom ing departure last thursday Broderick said. The Boeing 727 left while the inspector was calling his supervisors to find out what he should do next Broderick said. Faa regulations require an inspector who believes Crew members have been drinking to Call local police and arrange for alcohol tests. The three Man Crew was arrested upon arrival at Minneapolis St. Paul by Faa inspectors there. The Agency revoked their licenses after tests showed More than 0.04 percent alcohol in the blood the Federal limit for flying. The Agency did not announce what the actual alcohol concentrations were. There have been reports the Captain s was 0.12 percent to 0.13 percent above Minnesota a limit of 0.10 percent for driving a car. The Fargo investigator who had worked for the Faa for three years was the least experienced of four inspectors in his office. The Faa had maintained that he followed Correct procedure and indeed did not have authority under North Dakota Law to do any More to prevent the flight. Broderick did not say whether the inspector followed Agency policy but he said a the Faa does not Lack the authority to Stop a flight for safety  he did not say How the Fargo flight might have been stopped. Faa regulations devote four pages to cases of intoxicated flight Crew members said Faa spokeswoman Joann Sloan. The regulations state the inspector Quot should investigate credible reports of alcohol violations. The investigation is supposed to follow several Steps including advising the Crew not to Fly and asking local police to conduct a blood test. Police at Minneapolis met the Crew there at the request of an Faa inspector. Police could not administer alcohol tests on their own since they had not seen a violation. The inspector made a citizen s arrest which gave police Power to take the men into custody and administer the tests. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner gave plaques wednesday to the Fargo inspector Verl Addison and the Minneapolis inspector who arrested the Crew Douglas Solseth. The Secretary blasted the Crew for flying the plane. A they had every Opportunity not to Fly that air plane and they chose to disregard the safety of their Passyn a do. Gers in doing so a he said. Queuing a i Gong show some senior citizens queuing up to prac mostly chinese immigrants practice the ice i Gong in san Francisco have their exercise which stresses breathing and line broken by a parking meter doubling concentration on a daily basis in Wash As a Hatrack on wednesday. About 100 in ton Park. Immigration agents haul 45 illegal aliens off . To . Flight Atlanta apr for 45 illegal aliens Hopes for a better life ended with a shudder wednesday when Federal agents boarded their los Angeles to new York flight and escorted them off. The raid a one of the largest such crackdowns by the . Immigration and naturalization service a recalled a february 1989 operation in which agents pulled 79 aliens off an Eastern flight during an Atlanta Stop. Agents dubbed wednesdays bust a red Eye replay a a reference to the cheap night flights favored by aliens trying to scatter from their entry Point. The 45 latin americans detained wednesday waited in a locked room at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport to be photographed fingerprinted and bused to Texas or Florida for deportation. Most said they had paid All they had or could borrow to smugglers who promised Safe passage to new York and sometimes provided false documents. Jose Vasquez a 19-year-old from Al Salvador said he borrowed $2,000 from family and friends to join an Uncle who found him a restaurant Job in new York. He said that he and his family planted Corn for a wealthy landowner in Al Salvador where a Dawn to dark Day of Field labor can pay $2 or less. A life was hard. And it was dangerous a he shrugged. His Homeland has by government and guerrilla than a decade. The ins said it started watching the Eastern airlines flight when an unusually Large number of Spanish names showed been battered by heavy fighting Between forces for More up on passenger lists. Neil Jacobs the assistant director of the Atlanta ins office said about 90 Spanish names were on the same Light a Day earlier which prompted agents to Board wednesdays Light when it made a scheduled Stop in Atlanta. Thomas Fischer the ins director for the four state Atlanta Region said the airline is not suspect because it is required to sell a Domestic ticket to anybody who wants one. He said Eastern had cooperated with the ins. Most of the illegal aliens apprehended wednesday were irom Mexico but some came from Al Salvador Honduras Peru Ecuador Guatemala and Colombia. Three others taken from the Light were freed after it was determined they had Legal status. Newspapers in Many latin american countries carry ads from Quot travel agencies specializing in trips to the mexican Border. Smugglers do a booming business with mostly poor people trying to escape grinding poverty War and political terrorism in their homelands. Oscar Medina 33, a clothing Salesman in Atli co South of Mexico City was detained with his wife Josefa Morales 32. Medina said $2,000 had been prepaid for his illegal passage a he did t say by whom a and added that his wife was along Only so they could celebrate her birthday together. She said she had planned to return to their four children. While Many illegals try repeatedly to enter the United states Medina said he would not make the Effort again. Finances concern award winning . Teachers. Shin ton apr fifty two prize winning Ruppo is came t0 White House wednesday for a reception m their Honor. Some worries about making ends meet on e one year sabbaticals they were awarded. Re a a Erst one from each state plus the District of �?oinam1 an. He . Virgin islands were named h i of Lars by the National endowment for the gust program is funded by the readers i in Jicy t receive Grants of up to $27,500 to pursue to pc  projects. The stipend is designed sch nyc or regular salaries or supplement their a Dav.  Calaria no tinny Iha a prank str non Quot pay teacher salaries nationwide average �?�>1,1 00 per year. Mpn1 Ynne a Cheney the chairman of the endow to was chagrined to find some teachers May lose medical benefits and encounter other hardships during their sabbaticals. Barbara Bush who hosted the reception for the teachers and their families called the year old teacher scholar program a a wonderful and assured the teachers a i am your biggest  a was some Wise Man once said a teachers affect eternity and no one knows really where your influence ends. Well if you re going to affect eternity i think its Only right you should have the next year to refresh your spirits and your own  the teachers laughed and applauded. But some were nursing financial worries. One teacher was Arthur w. Wilhelm 53, a French and English teacher at Smyrna High school in Smyrna a. He said Cobb county a has refused to Grant me a sabbatical because they do not want to set a precedent for the  Wilhelm a 30-year classroom Veteran including 12 in Cobb county said the decision could Cost him almost $13,500 a the difference Between the $27,500 stipend and his regular pay. Edward a. Rauchut 39, an English teacher at Central High school in Omaha neb., says he was told to take a years leave of absence without pay a leaving him out $3,500 in pay and roughly $7,000 in medical pension and other benefits. Cheney said the hardship cases arc the exception More than the Rule. A but the fact that there arc several troubles me because what it says is schools around the country Are not yet recognizing the importance of giving teachers opportunities to renew themselves intellectually a she said. A i Hode schools will see the Light a Rauchut said