07/15/96 WILL SHE CALL IT FEAR OF FLYING II?

WILL SHE CALL IT FEAR OF FLYING II?

MARY SCHIAVO, WHO IS THE Transportation Dept.'s chief in-house critic of the FAA, might quit to write an insider's book, say well-placed figures in publishing.
They say that her agent, Suzanne Gluck of ICM, is shopping a book that publishing people expect to go into the serious safety critiques she has been leveling at the Federal Aviation Administration. Schiavo, 40, Transportation's inspector general since 1990, could resign her $115,700-per-year job if publishers show enough interest, they say. There's no evidence Schiavo is being forced out.
Before sending out the proposal, Schiavo's agent has insisted would-be publishers sign a confidentiality agreement not to discuss the book, say the sources. Schiavo and Gluck didn't return phone calls. Publishing insider Richard Frishman, president of publicity firm Planned Television Arts, speculates that Schiavo could land an advance of $300,000 and perhaps far more.
EDITED BY LARRY LIGHT By Willy Stern