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B-231458 1 (1988-09-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbyx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States 18 Washington, D.C. 20M8 Decision 0 P Alvin N. Kirsch - Travel Expenses for Interrupted Vacation Matter of: B-231458 File: Date: September 9, 1988 DIGEST An employee, who was recalled to duty soon after departing on annual leave, may not be reimbursed the travel expenses to his leave destination. Airfare to the employee's vacation destination was in the nature of a personal expense which does not become a government obligation following cancellation of annual leave. DECISION The question presented in this case is whether Mr. Alvin N. Kirsch, an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Commerce, 1s entitled to be reimbursed airfare to his vacation point when his vacation was cancelled due to an emergency callback to duty immediately after departing on annual leave.1L/ For the reasons indicated below, we conclude that Mr. Kirsch is not entitled to reimbursement. BACKGROUND Mr. Kirach departed his duty post onboard the NOAA research ship Oceanographer on August 17, 1986, for his scheduled annual leave, flying from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington. His airfare was $655.02 for a one-way ticket to his leave destination and was paid at his own expense. On August 19, 1986, a crewmember of the Oceanographer became ill and Mr. Kirsch was contacted on the same day and directed to return to the ship to assume the duties of that crewmember. Since there were apparently no flights that would have brought Mr. Kirsch to the ship before it departed Dutch Harbor on August 20, Mr. Kirsch was directed to travel 1/ This question was submitted by Certifying Officer C. J. Terry of the Department of Commerce's Western Administrative Support Center (NOAA), Seattle, Washington.

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