European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 3, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3delta limits employment offers by David Tarrant staff writer about nine former pan am employees working at scheduled airline ticket offices in Germany have received letters from Delta air lines saying that they will not be offered employment in Germany because they cannot speak German and do not have German residency and work permits. Delta has been Able to offer employment in Europe to about 50 other former pan am employees who worked at european Sato offices but not All will be Able to work in their old jobs. The notification sent out Christmas eve followed months of uncertainty for the former employees of the now defunct pan american world airways whose european routes were purchased last summer by Delta. The dec. 24 letter said that Delta was not permitted to simply take Over pan am a Sato positions. Instead the positions held by former pan am employees would be divided up among All the carriers that operate the Sato offices. A was a result we will regrettably no longer be Able to maintain your position in your current  there were 49 pan am Sato employees in Germany eight in Italy and one each in the Netherlands and Spain. The letter stated that former pan am employees in Germany would be considered for openings at Delta a Frankfurt reservations office if they held the necessary documentation including a valid German residence permit a valid German work permit and German Lan Guage skills. Nine of the 49 former pan am employees working in Germany do not have the necessary documentation. These Are americans who worked under the status of forces agreement which allows . Civilians and family members of american service members to work in Germany under certain conditions. But the nine Are being offered the possibility of jobs in the United states said Helmut Massem Delta a marketing manager for military and government sales in Germany. The letter states that the employees must decide by Jan. 27 whether they Are interested in working in the United states. Eleven of the former pan am employees in Germany will be Able to retain their current positions in Sato offices while the rest Are eligible to work in Frankfurt Massem said. In previous letters Delta managers had said that As of dec. 4, when pan american world airways Discon i piously if you Are working in Public Contact areas such As Airport reservations and 80 percent of our local boarding passengers Are germans then you need that language proficiency a Helmut Massem a Delta marketing manager tinted service former pan am employees who worked in Sato offices were considered employees of Delta air lines. A it is our intention to the extent permitted by Law and existing agreements that you remain in your current workplace a according to a letter dated dec. 6. During a sept. 4 Sato policy committee meeting in Washington d.c., Delta tried to obtain approval to hire All the pan am Sato employees and retain them in their present positions. However that request was rejected by other airlines at the meeting. A the fact of life is that Delta offered on the fourth of september at a meeting in Washington that All former pan am Sato employees would be offered a Job in their present location. That was turned Down a said Massem. He said he could Only speculate that the other airlines believed that Delta would gain an unfair advantage at Sato ticketing offices by adding another 49 employees. The other carriers decided that the pan am employees should instead go Back through the hiring process to be offered the possibility of employment by the other carriers. Under the Complex rules governing Sato offices carriers take turns in alphabetical sequence when hiring. Several former pan am employees who worked under sofa said that they were surprised angry and disappointed by Delta a decision not to offer them jobs in Germany especially after they had received letters saying that the airline would a hire us and we will keep All our seniority and we will keep our pension and everything a said one of the employees. Two former pan am employees who requested anonymity told the stars and stripes that the Job offer in the United states was practically useless for military family members based in Europe who could not simply pick up and move. They also expected to lose All their seniority and lucrative benefits built Over time with pan am if they took a Job with another airline besides Delta. A so i was willing to move and to go to the Delta reservation office scrub floors or do whatever Delta wanted me to do a one of the two employees said. But Massem defended Delta a decision As sensible. A obviously if you Are working in Public Contact areas such As Airport reservations and 80 percent of our local boarding passengers Are germans then you need that language proficiency a Massem said. Georgia rebels move to replace president Tbilisi Georgia apr georgian opposition leaders thursday announced the formation of a military Council to replace president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia but there was no indication he was prepared to surrender. After 12 Days of fierce fighting Between rebel forces and Samsak Hurdia a men the president remained inside the besieged parliament building in Tbilisi the capital. The opposition also declared a state of emergency in Tbilisi where the fighting has been concentrated beginning at Midnight. A curfew was announced from 11 . Until 6 . A beginning Jan. 2 this year the Power usurped by president Gamsa Hurdia has been annulled a the announcement said. A the whole Power in Georgia is taken by the military Council of the georgian Republic. All the structures of state Powers Are to abide by this Council. There was no immediate reaction from Gamsa Hurdia who was still being defended by Loyal troops at the parliament building. It was not immediately Clear whether there was Broad popular support for the announcement. Gamsa Hurdia a prominent dissident in the Days of soviet Rule was popularly elected in May in a landslide. The opposition says he has become a dictator jailing political rivals and shutting Down newspapers critical of his government. Another Croatia truce okd Vance yugoslav leaders talk Belgrade Yugoslavia up warring factions agreed thursday on a new cease fire the 15th truce in the six month old yugoslav civil War in Croatia officials and news reports said. . Special envoy Cyrus Vance held talks with ethnic leaders the reports said amid continuing serb croat clashes in the secessionist Republic. President Alija ize Begovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina said in the republics capital of Sarajevo in Central Yugoslavia the cease fire in Croatia will go into effect at noon Friday today a according to the Tan Jug news Agency. The previous cease fire Accord no. 14 reached on nov. 23 in Geneva has since been violated repeatedly. Vance was to meet later thursday with military leaders from both the serb Domi a rated yugoslav Federal army and the breakaway Republic of Croatia to work out details for securing an end to hostilities. Without a durable truce the . Security Council will not deploy a peacekeeping Force in the disintegrating six Republic yugoslav federation. Vance arrived in Sarajevo from the croatian capital of Zagreb to hold talks with ize Begovic whose party of democratic action represents 1.7 million muslims Tan Jug said. Vance said he hoped Bosnia and Herzegovina a potentially explosive ethnic mix of muslims serbs and croats would a not be dragged into the civil War raging in neighbouring Croatia. Vance told reporters he discussed with ize Begovic the possible deployment of . A military observers in Bosnia and Herzegovina part of the . Peace plan. New . Chief expected to promote major reforms United nations apr . Hunting task will be dealing with the watchers expect a change of priorities and Hope for major administrative reforms after Egypt a Butros Ghali takes Over As head of the United nations this week from peruvian Javier Pyrcz de Cuellar. A the has an Opportunity to seize the moment and put into effect the most far reaching reforms in . History a said de Luck president of the . Association of the Usa a private group which studies the world body. A the has said he is interested in  Perez de Cuellar has won widespread Praise for resolving conflicts around the world and for successful efforts to get Western hostages freed in Lebanon but has drawn fire for the United nations bloated bureaucracy. Ghali is expected to devote More Energy to the Middle East. He was a key player in egyptian diplomacy when the late president Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. The 69-year-old egyptian Diplomat officially to take office wednesday was scheduled to arrive at . Headquarters thursday morning for his first working Day As the sixth Secretary general . Officials said. Ghali was expected to maintain the pro Western pro american policies of his predecessor. A this background on Africa and the Arab israeli conflict has been Superb a said Richard Murphy former . Assistant Secretary of state for near East affairs. A the has a great keen intellect and a great Deal of patience and All conflicts require intellect and  Murphy now a scholar at the privately funded Council for foreign relations in new York said Ghalie a most bureaucracy. He is yet to be tested As an administrator. Washington for years has pushed for administrative Reform at the organization which employs 10,000 people around the world. Agency Heads and a dozen or so under secretaries general report directly to the . Chief. A it is Clear that no individual can exercise effective supervision of the 40 officials. Expected to report to him a said a memo by a group of ambassadors seeking reorganization. Quot i done to understand How this dentist office procedure did t kill Javier Perez de Cuellar Quot said Brian Urquhart who joined the United nations in 1945. The ambassadors proposed that something like a . Cabinet be set up with a few officials who could run agencies and Ghali free the Secre tary general from routine details. A Uttie key to this is to get a few top people with wide responsibilities who report directly to the Secretary general a said Luck. A people will be looking to his first 100 Days to see if he is serious about reforms a experts think the work flow must be reorganized so the Secretary general can devote his energies to peacekeeping and other major endeavours. Ghali has said he will carefully study the administrative reforms recommended by the ambassadorial panel