
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 23, 1994                   TAG: 9409240064
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

FAA PAYS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT

Taxpayers will pick up the tab for emotional injuries from government- sponsored ``diversity training'' programs that went too far in teaching workers about sexual and racial harassment.

The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to pay $75,000 to a female air-traffic controller who apparently suffered a mental breakdown after her past personal agonies resurfaced when intense group discussions turned to talk of intimate sexual experiences.

And there may be more fallout ahead.

In a settlement agreement signed late Wednesday, the FAA invited its employees to file claims of sick leave and medical expenses attributable to the controversial sessions.

Several male controllers have complained of being forced to walk through a gantlet of women who shouted crude remarks and reached out to touch their chests, legs, buttocks and groins.

The FAA says it has eliminated the gantlets.

by CNB