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AIRLINES continued from pg. 10
A pilot shortage stemming from continued ex-
pansion has caused airlines to extend their hiring
practices to pilots in their mid-40s and to re-
duce eye standards somewhat.
Less than 3 percent of pilots hired by the
major airlines in 1984 had worse than 20/20 vision.
This percentage has increased to more than 12 per-
cent during the first six months of 1985.
The highest airline salaries will decrease but
low-end salaries will increase and outstrip cor-
porate wages by the time individuals accrue 10
years with a given airline, according to current
FAPA figures.
For example, FAPA surveys indicate that a
first-year Delta Air Lines pilot serving as a
Boeing 727 flight engineer will start out at a
salary of $12,000 a year but, in his tenth year
with the airline, will be a Boeing 727 first of-
ficer at a maximum salary of $78,000 a year.
Smaller corporate flight departments are keen
on hiring just the right kind of individual for
their operations -- one who likes the job and the
area and hence will be less likely to move on.
The Kansas Farm Life Insurance Co., Manhattan,
Webster U. offers coures
Webster University will be conducting a 1 credit
hour workshop Jan. 25. The workshop will be taught
by fir. Martin Sigillito and is entitled “EEC (European
Economic Community) & International Business.
Registrations for this workshop will be taken until
Friday, Jan. 24. Call 2405 or stop by the Navy
Campus Office for more information.
Spring II term registration for the Webster
University Master of Arts in Management and the
Master of Arts in Teaching Programs will be held
from Jan. 27 - 31.
The management courses will be MGT 587 Issues in
Management: Computers for Managers and will be
held from 18 March to 14 April. The second course
will be MGT 598 Career Planning. It will be held
from 22 April to 19 May. These courses are both
electives for the management degree.
The teaching courses will be COM 595 Diagnosis
and Correction of Reading Problems and will be held
from 15 to 27 March, COM 595 is an elective course
The second course, COM 535 Technology and
Teaching, is a core course and will be held from 15
- 26 April.
New students, as well as those already in the
program, are encouraged to come to the Navy
Campus Office at this time to register.
Registrations completed after Feb. 17 will be
assessed a $10 late fee by the registrar.
New students may register up to the day class
begins without penalty. Such as the COM 543
Language Arts Seminar: Storytelling which begins
Feb. 4 and the MGT 593 Labor Relations class that
starts Feb. 11.
For more information stop by or call the Navy
Campus Office at 2405 to discuss the completion of
your masters degree in the next year.-
Kan., employs a retired military pilot and a local
civilian pilot to help out on its single Cessna
421.
Regional airlines continue to suffer losses to
the majors and appear to be much harder hit by
pilot turnover. Regional and commuter airlines
are experiencing about a 30 percent turnover,
according to Allan R. Stephen, Regional Airlines
Assn. Vice President for Operations. He charac-
terizes it as "not critical, but continuing."
Costs of retraining aircrews is a significant
factor in regional costs and some have instituted
reimbursement provisions in pilot contracts.
Pilgrim Airlines, New London, Conn., which lost
55 - 70 percent of its pilots during one 14-month
period recently, has contract provisions that re-
quire pilots to partially reimburse the airline
for training costs if they leave before a speci-
fied period. Time periods vary from six months
to two years, depending on the flight-crew po-
sition held and the type of equipment, according
to Roger H. Bryan, Pilgrim director of operations.
Reimbursement is typically limited to about 67
percent of costs incurred by the airline.
Your medical care partner
Your CHAMPUS claim bounced? Nearly 30 percent
of all CHAMPUS claims cannot be paid promptly be-
cause the beneficiary did not fill out the top portion of
the claim form properly or completely.
Your Health Benefits Advisor has information on how
to do it.
MISS WORLD continued from pg. 8
Reflecting on her responsibilites during the
coming year Hofi said, ’I'll be doing much work for
charity, visit childrens hospitals, doing television
commercials and fashion shows things like that.
“I hope I will be satisfied with my year," Hofi said
refering to the time when she will pass her crown on
to the next Miss World. “After all, there has to be a
new one every year."
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