MONDAY, NOVEMBER U. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Airlines Are
Alarmed Over Correspondence Schools
Increasingly
Stewardess Class
Claimed Useless
As Third Wing
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ter what that slick - talking
alesman says, you can't be
come an airline stewardess by
mail.
- The airlines are becoming
increasingly concerned over
the mushrooming growth of
so-called "airline career"
schools which do their teach
ing via cor r e s p o n d e n c e
courses.
The concern is two-fold:
-Some salesmen represent
ing the schools are promising
verbally (but never in written
contracts) that completion of
the courses guarantees jobs
with airlines.
-The courses are expensive
(up to $700) and yet offer less
than what the airlines them
selves furnish free in ' their
regular training for reserva
tions and ticket clerks as well
as stewardesses.
; Generally speaking,, a $700
correspondence course on how
to be an airline stewardess is
about as useful as a third
wing on an airplane. It con
sists of from 30 to 60 indi
vidual lessons ranging from
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structions on stewardess
duties. Students desiring to
become reservationists or
mechanics get about the same
course.
Contains Nothing
"The material doesn't do
anyone any harm from a gen
eral background standpoint,"
says Franklin Oelschlager, en
forcement director of the Air
Transport Association. "But
in practical instruction it
doesn't contain one single item
that wouldn t have to be
learned all over again in a
regular airline stewardess
school."
Oelschlager emphasized that
no scheduled airline would
employ a correspondence
school "graduate" without put
ting her through its own train
ing program - which makes
the $700 a complete waste of
money.
The correspondence schools
solicit high school graduates
through the mail, and they in
vite inquiries from prospects
via newspaper and magazine
advertisements. Anyone who
writes for information is
visited quickly by a salesman.
Cancellation Forfeit
ATA files are replete with
typical safe's pitches. In one
case, a prospect expressed
doubt that she could ever get
a job as a stewardess because
she was 29 (maximum hiring
age for most airlines is 26).
The salesman told her "don't
worry, I can fix it." She paid
nearly $500 for the course
and then found no airline
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would hire her because of her
age.
One salesman got an in
quiry from a young Negro
girl in a small Maryland com
munity. He signed her up for
a S660 course, assuring her
that after completion she
could get a job with any air
line of her choice. When she
tried to cancel out, she ran
up against the standard cor
respondence school contract:
Cancellation is allowed with
in the first 30 days but only
after forfeiting $150.
The schools offer corres
pondence courses, plus option
al "classroom instruction." An
ATA investigator looking into
one school found that it op
erated from a small, off ice in
a downtown building. The
"classroom instruction" con
sisted of a guided tour through
the local airport and two or
three lectures by minor air
line employees apparently
earning a little extra money
on the side.
The promotion literature
invariably emphasizes that
classroom instruction is not
necessary to successful com
pletion of the course - a com
plete contradiction of regular
airline training methods
which recognize the im
portance of first-hand instruc
tion in such vital fields as
grooming, cabin service and
emergency procedures.
One school promises that if
the applicant signs up on the
first interview, she gets not
only free transportation to the
city where the "classrooms"
are located but a free bathing
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There are about a half doz
en airline correspondence
schools in operation. Technl
cally, they are doing nothing
illegal. Representations made
by their salesmen (invariably
referred to as "bonded repre
sentatives") are verbal; the
actual contracts the students
sign offer nothing that cannot
be delivered. It is not only
difficult but virtually im
possible to prove verbal
fraud. Yet from the com
plaints the airlines and ATA
have received, there is little
doubt that verbal fraud is in
volved. One of the schools is
the same outfit the Federal
Trade Commission ordered to
cease and desist promising
government jobs upon com
pletion of a "government ca
reer" correspondence course-
Applicants Not Needed
The "bonded representa
tives" make no effort to weed
out girls who obviously would
make poor airline employees.
They will sign almost anyone
regardless of physical appear
ance, eligibility, intelligence
and personality. And every
prospect is assured - verbally,
of course - that the airlines
are falling over themselves to
hire his school's "graduates."
"If the body's warm," com
mented one ATA official, "a
salesman will get out his
pen."
The salesmen are honest
about one thing: The airlines
are looking for stewardesses.
But there is not a single air
line in the United States
which would regard a cor
respondence school diploma
as a "come aboard and start
flying right away" license.
The major trunk carriers have
invested millions in their own
stewardess schools which are
run like miniature colleges.
Some Reputable Schools
There are some reputaaie
private stewardess training
schools such as Grace Downs
in New York. But these are
resident schools - students
must attend classes in person.
The tuition for Grace Downs
is less than $300 for a four-
week course - compared to
the nearly $700 charged by
one correspondence school.
And graduates of resident
schools have no trouble find
ing airline jobs. In fact, many
smaller airlines which cannot
afford to have their own
elaborate courses, rely on
schools like Grace Downs for
preliminary stewardess training-
Virtually all the corres
pondence schools boast of
having job placement depart
ments. ATA found that one
school's "Job placement
efforts consisted of including,
in the final lesson, a list of all
the major airlines and their
addresses, plus advice on how
to fill out an employment ap
plication. ATA points out that if a girl
wants to become a stewardess,
all she has to do is apply to
the airline of her choice. If
she qualifies, she will be ac
cepted for free training. There
are no short cuts via the mail.
Milnes Attends
Two Conventions
Victor Milnes, president of
Regal service stations of Ore
gon attended a National Oil
Jobbers convention and the
American Petroleum Institute
convention in Chicago last
week.
More than 2,000 petroleum
producers and wholesalers
from the country attended the
two conventions.
Milnes is chairman of the
Pacific Oil conference of oil
men from Washington, Ore
gon and California, and repre
sented the Oregon Oil Jobbers
association as their national
director.
He joined oil men from the
Pacific coast who inspected
petroleum installations in the
Illinois area between the two
conventions. He plans to re
German Anti-Semitism Dormant But Far From Dead
Bonn, Germany -IUHI- Ger
man anti-scmitism is dormant
but not dead.
That is the considered
opinion of both Government
officials and Jewish leaders.
The violent wave of anti-
semitism and neo - Naziism
which plagued Germany from
January to March is definitely
over.
Antagonism towards the
Jews still lurks in dark
corners, however, the grim
residue of Hitler's crazed ra
cial policies.
The swastika has appeared
off and on since March, In
terior Ministry officials said,
but such incidents have been
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isolated and relatively unim
portant. No Fear of Attack
It appears that the 31,000
Jews living in Germany -compared
to 900,000 in 1933
- may go about their business
without fear of attack or
threatening letters.
"One can never say such an
outbreak will not occur
again," one Interior official
admitted. "We do know, how
ever, that the anti - Semitic
wave early this year Is over."
This view is shared by Hen
drick van Dam, chairman of
the Council of German Jews.
It is impossible to say at
the present time whether antl-
semitism in Germany is dis
appearing, but the fact Is there
are no or hardly any anti
semitic signs at the present,"
he said.
Heinz Galisnki, leader of
Berlin's Jewish community,
agreed.
The anti - Semitic wave is
completely over," he said.
"There have been no anti
Jewish Incidents in Berlin
since April."
The Bonn government
earlier in the year accused
East German communists of
inspiring the outbreak.
Many persons believe the
anti-Jewish wave did Ger
mans good, in that it remind
ed them of the horrors com
mitted against the Jews under
the Nazis.
It also showed them the
present Government is de
termined to deal firmly with
instigators of anti-semitic in
cidents. Eight months ago,
courts were sentencing smcar
crs to prison sentences of up
to two years.
Evils Illustrated
German television has also
shown documentaries and
films illustrating the evil of
anti-semitism.
German Jews themselves
show they regard the situa
tion peaceful enough by pre-
! paring the largest exhibition
of Jewish culture ever in Ger
many. It opens Nov. 3 in Reckling
hausen, in the Ruhr, and con
tinues until January 15, 1981.
It will present Jewish art and
culture from Biblical times to
the present. Exhibits have
been borrowed from museums
in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin
and from private collections
the world over.
GERMAN TROOPS
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German commanders kept
their troops off the streets
here and at Laon Friday to
avoid incidents on Armlstica
Day.
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