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B-120047 1 (1970-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkqk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: o 7 General Accounting i Ii' basis of specific approval by the Ofica ef Legz atlive Laison, a record of whkih is kept by th- N4~ 1o SeCfVo n, ublicators 931ench, OAS B_ 120047 REESDJUN 9 1910 B-l OO4RELEASED Dear Mr. Spong: Your letter of May 20, 1970, requested that we assess the contents of a study report dated January 12, 1970, prepared by officials of the Bureau of National Capitol Airports (Bureau), FederalAviation Administra- tion (FM), concerning the cost and benefits of introducing stretch 727 jets at Washington National Airport (National). Specifically, you requested that we provide (1) a report on the origin of the study, the time and effort put into the study, and the use that was made of the report and (2) a cri- tique of the report in which the validity of the facts and conclusions are either questioned or verified. In accordance with an agreement reached with Mr. Jack Lewis of your staff, we are limiting our comments on item (2) above to a discussion of the pertinent underlying assumptions used by the Bureau in arriving at the conclusions presented in the report. Regarding the origin of the study report, the Director of the Bureau informed us that he had instructed his staff to perform the study as a re- sult of several discussions with the FAA Administrator who had indicated his belief that the decision to keep stretch 727 jets out of National should be reviewed to determine whether such a decision was in the best interest of the FAA, the air carriers, and the public. The FAA Adminis- trator authorized the use of the stretch 727 jets at National on April 9, 1970. The draft report dated January 12, 1970, which you made public at a hearing of the Senate District of Columbia Committee on May 19, 1970, was written by the Chief of the Bureauts Financial Management Staff using in- formation supplied by several of his branch chiefs. Our inquiries indi- cated that the Chief and his staff worked on the study for a period of about 3 weeks and that the draft report was submitted to the Director of the Bureau for his approval on or about January 12, 1970. Subsequently, the Director revised the draft report with the assistance of his staff and personally delivered the report in its final form to the Administratorts office on January 21, 1970. Although certain sections of the draft report were deleted from the final report, the language, estimates, and conclusions are essentially the same in the sections of the reports dealing with potential passenger capacity increases at National and potential revenue increases for air carriers that could result from the decision to allow the stretch 727 jets into National. The major conclusions of the final report were transmitted

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