U.S. Department intercom: Office of Public Affairs of Transportation Alaskan Region 701 C Street. Box 14 Federal Aviation Anchorage. 99513 Administration (907) 271-5296

March 28, 1986 86- 0 7

A 2 Recipe corner Administrator's visit to Alaska from: AAL-300 Administrator Donald Engen, BANANA NUT BREAD accompanied by Mary, his wife, Mike Moffett, special assistant to the 2 cups mashed bananas Administrator, and Steve Hayes, 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour assistant administrator, Office of 2 teaspoons baking powder Public Affairs, recently visited 1 teaspoon baking soda several FAA facilities in Alaska. Unsalted nuts to taste 1 cup frozen apple concentrate Engen came to Alaska to speak to the 2 egg whites Alaska Air Carriers Association on 1 teaspoon vanilla February 15, but he made the most of his time by having all-hands meetings Mash bananas; mix remaining and getting to know FAA folks at ingredients. Add together and stir. several Anchorage and Juneau Put into 1 large loaf pan that is facilities. greased and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. The first all-hands meeting took place at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art on February 14, which was open to all FAA employees in the vicinity. The group then proceeded to the Anchorage ARTCC for another all-hands meeting and a wonderful cake made by Terri DeMarco (see pictures on next page). The third stop was at the Anchorage FSS where there was not only intercom: an all-hands meeting but a Office of Public Affairs great-tasting potluck luncheon. Alaskan Region 701 C Streel. Box 14 Dolores Coates was also presented the Anchorage. Alaska 99513 Administrator's Award for Excellence (907) 271-5296 in EEO (see picture on next page).

After the stomachs were full and the EDITOR Gloria Moody questions answered the group proceeded to Anchorage Tower for a quick visit, REGIONAL DIRECTOR then to the FAA hangar where Bob Franklin L. Cunningham LaBelle and his folks had set the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER stage for a press conference. Once Paul Steucke the press conference was over the four PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST folks from D.C. and Paul Steucke, Ivy Moore AAL-5, boarded the FAA aircraft and headed for Juneau. PRINTER Anne Burt While in Juneau there was an all-hands meeting set up at the Juneau fire INTERCOM is published for the employees of the Alaskan Region by the Public Affairs station for all FAA employees in Office. Articles and photographs are Juneau. The group then visited the welcomed. FAA tower on Saturday. If you have questions, suggestions, or complaints, please call the Editor at Engen's main concern was to talk to as 271-5293. many people as possible to let them know how the Gramm-Rudman act could affect FAA employees. 3 '/

Karl Elwood (left), Anchorage FSS, discusses day-to-day operations with Administrator Donald Engen.

Terri DeMarco (middle), computer programmer, Anchorage Center, is assisted by the Administrator and Mary Engen in cutting the cakes Terri baked in honor of Engen's visit and Valentine's Day. The large heart on the left displayed a sled dog team (Fur Rendezvous time) and the large heart on the right displayed an anchor (Engen was formerly in the Navy).

Dolores Coates, Anchorage FSS, was presented the Ninth Annual Administrator's Award for Excellence in EEO by the Administrator at the Anchorage FSS on February 14. "Dolores has personally been instrumental in providing guidance, assistance, and individual personal Administrator Engen speaks to a group attention to over a dozen prospective of FAA employees at the Anchorage employees, along with a genuine Center during an all hands meeting. concern that each and every individual be given fair and equitable opportunity to achieve their potential." 4 Around the region The FAA electronics maintenance technicians came to the aid of the FAA employees in the Alaskan Region Cold Bay community on February 27. A send their condolences to Lois Shute, 3 1/2 pound baby girl was bqrn secretary, AAL-400, and her family, on prematurely on a boat. inbound to the the recent death of their Cold Bay dock. Theresa Dubber and husband/father, Carl. Born in Jeff Wheeler responded to the dock to California, Carl was a resident of help provide care for the new baby and Alaska since 1946 and worked as an air mother. In the meantime Jim Yakal, traffic control specialist until he Cold Bay FSS manager, p�ovided a retired from FAA in 1976. communications network from the FSS and also made arrangements for a Condolences also go out to the family lifeguard flight to Anchorage. of Thomas C. Cianfrani who passed away Wheeler went on the flight to on February 26 in Washington. He also Anchorage and took care of the baby became a resident of Alaska in 1946, while the physician's assistant took retiring from FAA in 1972 after care of the mother. The last word was serving as the facility chief of the that both mother and child were fine. International Flight Service Station You did good, folks! at Merrill Field. His wife, Esther, * * * * * resides in Olympia, Washington.

* * * * * Local coordinator Herbert Hinman, Nome, recently took time out to show The Merrill Tower manager asked the air traffic control specialist Earl Anchorage FSS manager recently if the Scott, area supervisor, Nome FSS, FSS's Quality Assurance Team would be around the community (Earl comes to available to perform an evaluation of Alaska from San Antonio, Texas). They Merrill Tower. According to the Tower met and talked with the owner and the manager, the team of Jim Burton, operations manager for Ryan Air Dolores Coates and Linda Craig did a Service and the chief pilot for Bering very professional and thorough job. Air - both concurred that the service Kudos to all for a job well done. provided by the Nome FSS has been superior. They also met and talked * * * * * with the manager of the Alaska Commercial Co. who is also the Congratulations to air traffic control President of the Nome Chamber of specialist Gary Fischer, Barrow relief Commerce. A nice touch, Herb! specialist, and the former Dottie Van deHey, on their recent marriage. By * * * * * this time they are residing in their new home in Portland, where Gary The entire FAA Beth�! community pulled accepted a position at the Portland together recently to provide FSS. Good luck to both of you. presentations �o about 100 Bethel Regional High SGhool ·students.. The * * * * * "FAA Story" slide sbow'was given; then Gerald Flavel of .the FSS,. ,Fred Jack, The FAAers and National Weather AF, and Don Hall, Beth�! Tower, gave Service personnel at Kotzebue recently short descriptions of their jobs and had a potluck in honor of the arrival answered questions. Many of the of three new FAA families: the students were �lso excited about the Penlands, the Wilsons and the Dubes. FAA essay contest which was introduced All FAA in the Alaskan Region welcome at this time. Teamwork prevails! you to your new* home.* * * * * * * * * j Proposed changes to 5 civil service system President Reagan has proposed several important changes to the civil service system in his FY 1987 budget that would affect both current employees and retirees. Most of the proposals have been included in previous budget submissions but have never received Congressional approval. The major Aviation projected proposals: to continue growth - provide for a 3 percent general pay The agency's aviation forecasters are raise in January 1987; projecting the continued growth of - eliminate the 1987 cost of living aviation over the next dozen years allowance (COLA) for retirees and peg with the workload on FAA's air traffic future COLAs at 2 percent below the control facilities increasing apace. Consumer Price Index; - phase in a yearly annuity penalty of According to the just-released "FAA two percent for retirement before age Aviation Forecasts - Fiscal Years 1986 62 (this penalty would not apply to - 1997," 650 million passengers will employees 55 years or older at the be flying on scheduled U.S. commercial time of enactment); airlines by the end of the forecast - adjust student and survivor benefits period with another 55 million filling to conform with Social Security seats on commuter airlines. benefits; - revise the annuity calculation base The report, which is updated and to a high average salary over five issued on an annual basis, notes that years rather than the current "high major carriers have rebounded from the three" average; economic slump of the early 80s to - increase the federal employee post record operating profits in the retirement contribution from seven last two years. It projects the percent to nine percent; and continued growth of passenger traffic - provide employees and retirees with at an annual rate of better than an annual health premium voucher with 4.7 percent through the forecast which to buy health insurance (if the period. health plan costs less than the voucher, the employee would keep the The regional/commuter airlines are extra money). seen growing at an even faster rate, seven percent annually, but the However, the Reagan Administration forecast is considerably less bullish continues to support early optional for general aviation. The growth rate retirement for air traffic controllers for the G.A. fleet is pegged at only and firefighters, and the FY 87 budget 1.4 percent, hitting 259,800 in 1997. does not propose any changes in that area. These increases in aviation activity will bring corresponding rises in Again, the FAA personnel experts urge workloads for FAA air traffic employees not to make any career or facilities in the forecast period. retirement decisions based on these The projections are: a 46 percent gain legislative proposals. Congressional in takeoffs and landings for towers; a approval is required before any can 39 percent boost in flights for become law and there could be centers; and 37 percent jump in flight significant changes and deletions in services for flight service stations. the process. Washington Report Washington Report 6 I The contest judge was Bob Turner, area Who's the best? supervisor at Anchorage FSS. When the by: Mike Tarr contest was over he related that the Sitka FSS judging had been very difficult, even with the forms, because each Who's the best pilot weather briefer contestant had done a very good job. (PWB)? The final point tally was close, but in the end there was a victor. This could have been a difficult question to answer. After all, at any The facility representatives were FSS each specialist considers himself Kathy Johnson at Yakutat FSS, Leroy or herself a good, professional Legg at Cordova FSS, George Mills, briefer. So you can see how it might Juneau FSS, Ruth Nichles at Ketchikan be hard to choose a standout at even FSS, and Jeff Thompson at Sitka FSS. one FSS. Now complicate this by The winner of the contest, and the trying to determine the best briefer best briefer in Southeast Alaska, was out of several facilities and the task George Mills from Juneau, Alaska. The becomes even more trying. runner-up, and only two points behind first place, was Jeff Thompson of So what do you do? You can hold a Sitka FSS. contest to determine the best pilot weather briefer. And that is what the FSSs in Southeast Alaska did.

The contest was to determine the best pilot weather briefer in Southeast Alaska which involved the specialists from Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and Yakutat FSSs and a judge from the Anchorage FSS. This is how it went.

Each facility chose, by secret ballot, the best briefer for each facility. Remember the statement about each specialist considering himself or herself the best? Well, as it turned Congratulations to George for his fine out everyone knew in their hearts who performance. In the above picture you really was the best briefer at each see Alaskan Regional Director Frank facility. The winner of each facility Cunningham (left) present a Letter of became a representative for his/her Commendation, a first prize plaque and respective facility in the great fifty dollars prize money to George. Southeast Alaska PWB contest. Not bad.

After all the facilities had chosen Finally, thanks go to everyone who their contestants, the names and participated and made this a schedules were forwarded to the successful contest. The briefers contest judge. Over a two week certainly represented Southeast in period, the judge called each style. The air traffic managers at contestant twice to evaluate his or Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and her PWB technique. To make each Yakutat were instrumental in pulling evaluation fair and quantifiable, a this event together, and a special PWB evaluation form, complete with thanks goes to Bob Turner whose help parameters and related point values, really made the contest possible. was used. By this method the winner was simply the briefer with the How about the rest of you flight highest point total. Sounds easy, service stations out there; do you doesn't it? Not necessarily. have a best pilot weather briefer? 7

The system does work My neighbor was buoyant and smiling at everyone as we made our way down the by: Tom Hunt aisle to exit. My only thought at AAL-400 that time was that I wanted to tell the technicians responsible for the We were about 20 minutes from happy ending of this story what they touchdown descending through very had done for this fellow and millions heavy clouds. The pilot had announced like him. the beginning of our approach to Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. We tend to take what we do for granted until something like this reminds us The man across the aisle from me was that what we do is so very important. anxiously straining to see something A simple little encounter for just a through the window on his side and few minutes happens all the time; but then mine. The thud of the landing this encounter gave me a burst of gear locking down made him visibly pride and satisfaction that is hard to nervous. He asked his wife seated describe. next to him if she could see anything. She said, "No." Straining against his seatbelt, he leaned toward my window and asked the same question. I smiled and said, "Nothing but clouds yet."

After four more rounds of this the pilot announced, "All seatbelts fastened - flight attendants please be seated."

Now we were in heavy fog with no visible ground features. My neighbor's right hand clutched the arm rest. His left hand was holding tight to his wife's hand. He asked again, "Can you see anything?" I replied as nonchalantly as I could, "No, but everything is ok." NAS viable program A few seconds later a few faint ground features became visible through the Despite the across-the-board budget fog. We were just inside the middle cuts mandated by the Gramm-Rudman marker. The man did not release his legislation, the National Airspace hold with either hand until after we System Plan remains a viable program, touched down. He then turned to me according to Administrator Donald with the color returning to his face Engen. and the biggest grin you can imagine and said, "Isn't it amazing how they Speaking to the Air Traffic Control can do that?" Association on February 21, the Administrator assured his audience Earlier I had decided that this was that the "NAS Plan can and will be not the time to explain how a radar, implemented." an instrument landing system (ILS) or ALSAF (strobe lights) worked. Now, Although budget constraints will confronted with a man who looked as if require "stretching out" some of the he had just won the lottery, I could low priority projects, he continued, only reply, "Yes, it certainly is." "the program will go forward." 8 Refunds due in April Postal workers will generally get Health insurance refund checks for smaller amounts because the government 2 million federal employees and pays a bigger share of their premiums: retirees, including nearly 350,000 in the Washington-Baltimore area, will be - Blue Cross-Blue Shield: The mailed in early April. high-option refund will be $354 for family plans and $164 for single About a dozen insurance plans coverage. Standard option refunds are participating in the federal health $169, family and $69 for single program are offering the refunds to coverage. Postal refunds are $284 for 1985 policyholders. Amounts will family high option; $133 for single depend on the plan and the coverage high option; $48 for standard family participants signed up for last year. coverage and $17 for single coverage.

The refunds in the federal program are - Government Employees Hospital the result of a big buildup last year Association: Nonpostal refunds are in financial reserves. The insurance $76.80 for family coverage and $42.54 plans said that participants used for single coverage. Postal refunds their coverage less and paid a larger will be $19.59 for family coverage and share of their own medical bills. The $16.97 for single coverage. government, which pays about 61 percent of the average employee's - National Association of Letter health premium, will get more than Carriers: For nonpostal employees the $750 million in refunds from the family option refund is $61.52 and insurance companies. $35.91 for single coverage.

The long-delayed refunds were approved - American Federation of Government when President Reagan signed a bill Employees: High-option family refund last week allowing retirees, who had is $47.96 and the single-option refund been excluded from the rebates, to get is $23.19. the same amounts as active-duty workers. The Federal Diary

Blue Cross-Blue Shield says letters should be sent to 1.4 million people in mid-March. Recipients will be asked to confirm amounts due them and their current addresses. The company OOPS! said checks will be mailed around April 1. Other health plans are Correction to Intercom article, "News expected to follow a similar timetable. and Notes," in February 28 issue on advance travel pay. The paragraph Other plans offering refunds are should have read like this: "There Aetna, National Association of Letter seems to be a problem with individuals Carriers, Foreign Service plan, receiving advance travel pay. If American Federation of Government advance travel is received by check, Employees, Government Employees the check is forwarded from Kansas Hospital Association and the City Treasury with approximately seven Government Employees Benefit (7) to ten (10) mailing days required Association. until receipt of the check. The Accounting Office, AAL-34, would Some of the plans still have not appreciate as much advance worked out refund details. Here is a notification as possible to allow for rundown of those that have and what early submission of travel advance the refunds will be. check requests." 9v

The Civilair Club held a baking contest on February 14 during its annual membership drive. The judges, Bob Durand, AAL-530, Gloria Moody, AAL-5, and Wilse Charlie Muhs (right) Morgan, AAL-452, chose the three desserts above as manager, Anchorage FSS, the winners. receives the Director's Award from Hank Elias, Best appearance was Hilda Elias' strawberry cake; special assistant to the best all around (taste and appearance) was Hilda Director, for all the Elias' pecan tassies; and best tasting was Penny work he did during 1985 Sheaffer's mandarin orange cake. Each winner won $25 as president of the in cash! Civilair Club.

Bob Lewis, AAL-30; Sevard Wagenius, AAL-461; and Russ Oyster, AAL-620 bought these winning goodies duri� the auction which helped to raise money for the Civilair Club. Sixty-one new members signed up during the drive at the regional office.

Ernie Fleece (right), acting manager, AAL-16, receives a Letter of Commendation from Director Frank Cunningham Linda Ambrose (left), air Doyle Shaw (left), air traffic control for being a nominee from traffic control the Alaskan Region for specialist, Juneau Tower, specialist, Juneau Tower, receives her 3-year the Administrator's Award receives his 3-year for Excellence in EEO. service pin from Director service pin from Director Frank Cunningham. Frank Cunningham. 10 J Medical notes BLOOD TYPING: When your blood is typed and the Rh factor is obtained. Tests! Tests! Tests! Blood groups are O, A, Band AB. by: Mary Grindrod X-RAYS: The regular x-rays that we AAL-300 remember is just about a thing of the past. We hear terms such as CT Scan, Have you ever heard of SMAC-24, MRI and PET. What does all of this MPLP-18 or CHEMZYMW. Each of these mean? Many of these newer tests have names refers to a blood chemistry an advantage over the conventional evaluation. Some chemistry tests and x-rays of the past. They expose what they do are listed below. patients to less radiation or none at all. These tests do not hurt and may CHEMISTRY TESTS: spare the patient pain from other invasive. procedures. Sometimes the Glucose: A primary test for patient feels that th�.testing is done diabetes. It measures milligrams of only when "the worst" is to be sugar in 100 milliliters of whole expected. This is not true. Doctors blood. Normal range 70 - 115 feel that the more information they milligrams/diluted. have, the better care they can give.

Urea-nitrogen (BUN): It is a test for Computerized tomography (CT) SCAN: the urine excreting function of the This is the most widely available of kidneys. Normal range 5 - 25 the "SUPER" tests. The CT test gives milligrams/diluted. a cross-sectional view in which bones, tissues and blood vessels are Uric acid: High levels may reflect visible.. Many different x-ray joint damages such as gout. Levels exposures are fashioned into one sharp are also elevated in acute picture by computer. This technique leukemia. Normal range 4 - 8.5 is of particular value in assessing milligrams/diluted. brain problems, but it has scores of other uses including qetecting benign Cholesterol: Elevated levels may and malignant tumors, abnormal indicate liver, kidney or thyroid bleeding, blood clots, cysts, slipped failure. It is elevated in disks, kidneys and liver disease and atherosclerotic plaque buildups. enlargements or other problems of organ structure. HEMATOLOGY TESTS - (deal with blood and blood-forming organs): Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): This is new and just coming into use Hematocrit (HCT): Is a test for at a few major medical centers. Its anemia, thrombotic and lymphatic images are usually even clearer than disease. It measures the volume of those of a CT scan. The procedure is the percentage of red blood cells in considered risk free. A giant magnet whole blood. Normal range for men is (not radiation) is used to make the 42 - 54 and for women 37 - 47. picture. It would be good for most of the above mentioned disorders as well White blood cells (WBC): A test that as in the diagnosis of disorders such measures the number of white blood as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's cells per cubic milliliter of whole disease. blood. If you went to the doctor with a fever a WBC might be in order to see Position emission tomography (PET): what the white count was. Range - This scan shows anatomical shapes as 4,000 - 11,000. well as chemical reactions. This technique is extremely helpful in Platelets: A test for coagulation evaluating such problems as epilepsy, properties of the blood. schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. 1 1 SOUNDS: High-frequency sound waves may be of great value even though it Coming up! is practically low-tech in comparison FWP Brown Bag to CT and some of the other super scans. April 21, 1986

Ultrasound: This test is used most 11:30 12:30 often to view the abdominal cavity, for finding gallstones, ovarian and More info later! other cysts or in pregnancy to determine the age and position of the fetus and multiple pregnancies.

Echocardiogram: It is used to help doctors diagnose several heart and News in brief circulatory disorders. It shows the The Supreme Court will hear oral heart and helps the physician evaluate arguments on the constitutionality of palpitations, heart murmurs, shortness the automatic deficit reduction of breath and other symptoms. feature of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law April 23. A ruling is expected in All of the above procedures are tests June or July. The budget-balancing that may help in making a quick and legislation lost its first court test accurate diagnosis when time may be of February 7 when a Federal District the utmost importance to the patient. Court three-judge panel ruled the Remember that tests are necessary. Do process unconstitutional because it not be afraid of them. Also, do not vests executive power in the be afraid to ask for explanations Comptroller General. about the results. * * *

Despite horrendous weather over much of the country in February, average daily ATC delays for the first two months of 1986 are running below the figures for both 1984 and 1985. The average number of delays of 15 minutes or more for January and February this year was 842, compared with 1,105 for 1984 and 915 for 1985. Service deposits due * * * Employees who are retiring or leaving the government for other reasons and Reinstated air traffic controllers who who served in the military after 1956 wish to contest the amount of their must make their service deposit overtime back pay must pursue their payments before they leave and must claims before the Merit Systems make these payments to their employing Protection Board (MSPB), according to office. a recent ruling of the U.S. Claims Court. MSPB has previously approved This means that employees can not make FAA's method of calculating overtime these payments from the proceeds of back pay in a number of decisions. the lump sum payment represented by However, the final decision of the their check. board can be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal If you have any questions, please Circuit. contact Jean Pershall, AAL-14D, 271-5816. Washington Report MARCH - Women's History Month

·women in Alaska History"

provided by Alaska Women's Commission

* 1783 - Princess Natalya Alexyeva * 1954 - Seventeen women pilots form Shelikof co-discovers Kodiak Island the Alaska Chapter of the "99s," a with husband Grigorii Shelikof. branch of the International Women's Aviation Organization. * 1877 - Amanda McFarland arrives at Fort Wrangell to become the first * 1955 - Alaska adopts the "Alaska woman missionary in Alaska. Flag Song," written by Marie Drake and composed by Elinor Dusenbury, as the * 1886 - The Sisters of St. Anne official state song; six Alaska women arrive in Juneau to establish a become delegates to the Alaska mission. Constitutional Convention,

* 1902 - Josephine Todman, a lawyer in * 1959 - Frances Howard becomes the x Nome, becomes the first woman admitted first woman Alaska State Trooper; x to the Alaska Bar. becomes the first black woman admitted to the * 1905 - Kitty Cordon, a resident of Alaska Bar. Nome, runs for the Nome School Board, and is believed to be the first woman * 1960 - Blanche McSmith becomes the to run for public office in Alaska. first black woman to serve in the Alaska State Legislature; Sadie Neakok * 1913 - As its first act, the first of Barrow becomes the first native Alaska Territorial Legislature grants woman magistrate in Alaska. women of Alaska the right to vote. * 1963 - The Human Rights Commission * 1915 - Orah Dee Clark becomes the is established to help prevent first woman principal of Anchorage discrimination in Alaska on the basis borough schools. of sex.

* 1916 - , as a * 1966 - Hildred Hanson becomes the member of the Socialist Party, runs as first woman to run for Governor of the a delegate to the U.S. Congress. She State of Alaska. is believed to be the first Alaskan I woman to run for a national office. * 1972 - The Constitution of the State of Alaska is amended by voters to x * 1923 - Women become eligible to include the Equal Rights Amendment; serve on jury duty for any grand, the Alaska State Legislature ratifies petit or trial juries. the federal Equal Rights Amendment.

* 1924 - Margaret Murie becomes the * 1974 - Lolly Medley and Mary Shields first woman to graduate from Alaska become the first women to compete in Agricultural College and School of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Mining. The school was later renamed Anchorage to Nome. University of Alaska. * 1978 - The Cocunission on the Status * 1927 - Marvel Crosson becomes the of Women is established by a bill first woman licensed pilot in Alaska. introduced by Rep. Lisa Rudd; later changed to Alaska Women's Commission. * 1936 - of Seldovia becomes the first Alaskan woman * 1981 - Discrimination against women elected to the Territorial Legislature. in public education and in sports outlawed; Alaska State Legislature * 1947 - Barbara Washburn becomes the establishes Council on Domestic x first woman ever to climb Mt. McKinley. Violence and Sexual Assault. I *· 1949 - First comparable worth law is * 1982 - The Displaced Homemaker Law passed calling for equal pay for is enacted. female workers for work "of comparable character of work in the same * 1985 - Libby Riddles becomes the operations, business or type of work first woman ever to win the 1,049--mile in the same locality" as done by men. lditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. March 14, 1986 A message from the Administrator, Donald D. Engen TO ALL FAA EMPLOYEES: In my memorandum of February 3, I gave a summary explanation of our budget situation and told about some of the actions we were considering to reduce expenditures. Two of the possible actions I mentioned were short-term furloughs and "early out" retirements for selected parts of the agency. I am now encouraged by recent actions that we will be able to avoid furloughs this fiscal year. We have had approved and the President will soon forward to the Congress a budget supplemental for our Operations appropriation. Although there is no assurance of Congressional approval or that we will get approval at the level requested, I believe that our chances are good. At this time, we have no plans to seek "early out" approval from the Office of Personnel Management as a means to reduce costs. This does not rule out the possibility of "early out'' retirements for small segments of the agency that might be involved in reorganizations or transfer of functions. I would like to point out that, although a supplemental will likely alleviate the need for furloughs and "early outs," we must continue constraints on hiring, travel, overtime, etc., to offset our total estimated shortfall of $171 million. I ask for your continued support, and I will keep you informed as decisions are made regarding our budget situation. /986 CIVIL AIR CLUB HALIBUT CHARTERS '!be CIVIL AIR CUJB has made arranganents with DEEP SFA QIARTERS to provide three halibut fishing trips aboard the 52 foot vessel "CHAR DAN". Reservations will be on a FIRST CCME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. '!be charters leave prarptly at 7 a.m. fran the Deep Sea office on the Haner Spit and return by 4 p.m. - Check in time is 6 a.m. '!be charter includes fishing equipnent, fish cleaning, coffee, and sweet rolls. Fach person provides their own overnight acccmnodations, clothing, rain gear, lunch, and nedication (highly reccmnended) to handle motion sickness. Aloohol is permitted in very limited quantities. '!be Charters are open to all Civil Air Club members, their families, and guest. We do not recx:mnend childeren under the age of 12 due to the long day at sea. Return this reservation form with PAYMENI' IN FULL to: Charlie Muhs, Anchorage FSS, 2016 E. 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Ak 99501-2998. Sorry, no phone reservations. Make checks payable to CIVIL AIR CllJB.

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