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RCED-92-225R 1 (1992-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackbr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office GAO Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-247612 June 9, 1992 146861 The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman The Honorable John McCain United States Senate In your letter dated June 4, 1992, you asked us to clarify the recommendations concerning computer reservation systems (CRS) contained in our March 1992 report, Computer Reservation Systems: Action Needed to Better Monitor the CRS Industry and Eliminate CRS Biases (GAO/RCED-92-130, Mar. 20, 1992). Your letter noted that some parties have interpreted our report to mean that the GAO is recommending further data collection and study before any CRS reforms are implemented. This interpretation is incorrect. Our March 1992 report contained two recommendations. First, we recommended that the Congress direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the Department's existing CRS rules to require that each CRS vendor eliminate those functional differences between host and participating airlines that can be eliminated without dehosting. Second, we recommended that the Secretary of Transportation gather data on the CRS industry, the reliability of communication links, and the costs and benefits of dehosting CRSs. On the basis of our discussions with CRS owners and participating airlines, as well as our observations of CRS operations, we believe that some remaining functional differences can be eliminated at a reasonable cost, independent of dehosting. Such differences include those resulting from programming or procedures that make it more efficient to book flights or obtain information on host airlines. CRS vendors agree that these differences, to the extent they exist, should be eliminated. The vendors have stated that they are acting to eliminate some of these differences to remove any possible adverse competitive effects as well as the perception that participating airlines operate under a competitive disadvantage. We recommended that the Congress act to ensure that the vendors follow through on their plans to eliminate such differences. GAO/RCED-92-225R, Computer Reservation Systems

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