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02257 - (A1392385)
[Government Should Recover Cost of Processing Airline Passengers
Not on Official Business]. LCD-76-230; B-133025. May 11, 1977. 4
pp. + I enclosure (I pp.).
Report to Harold Brown, Secretary, Department of Defense; by
Frei J. Shafer, Director, Logistics and Communications Div.
Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management: Federal
Transportation of Things (704); Personnel Management and
Compensation (300).
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051).
Congressional Relevance: Honse Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Authority: Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970.
Frim fiscal year (FY) 1968 through the first quarter of
FY 1976, some 2.8 million people not on official business
traveled tree on Department of Defense-controlled aircraft.
These individuals eere mainly active-duty or retired military
members and their dependents who traveled worldwide for personal
reasons on a space-available basis. Findings/Conclusions: Basel
on an average processing cost at military air terminals of $17
per person, the cost in FY 1975 to handle 460,000
spa-e-available was $7.8 million. The Air Force also pays a $3
departure tax for each passinger leaving the U.S. on commercial
aircraft. Space-available passengers have not been charged for
terminal processing or departure tax. In 1976 GAO recommended
collecting a service charge for terminal processing using the
inflight meal collection system. The Assistant Secretary of
Defense agreed with collecting the departure tax, but not a
processing fee, because be maintained that no additional
staffing or costs are required for space-available passengers.
Recommendations: The Secretary of Defense should reconsider the
Departme.t's position. Assessing a nominal processing charge
would assure continuation of full space-available benefits
without adding to Government costs, and would eliminate the need
to further reduce terminal staffing. (DJM)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacgx0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)