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B-194372 1 (1980-01-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL * OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 10NITEV FILE: B-194372 EJanuary 8, 1980 MATTER OF: Ard T. Johnson - POV Use Advantageous to Government Employee, not covered by agreement, who traveled 60 to FAA Academy may have his travel order amended /6 to show that travel by privately owned vehicle (POV) was advantageous to Government if FAA determines it would be advantageous under criteria in collective- bargaining agreement. Agreement reflects determi- nation that travel to FAA Academy under conditions stated therein is advantageous under Federal Travel Regulations. Unless there are valid reasons to find otherwise in a particular case, it would be arbitrary and capricious for FAA to treat employees not covered by agreement differently than those covered. * This decision is issued at the ieQies of Mr. William B. O Peer, Counsel for the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS). The question presented is whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may decide that certain travel by privately owned vehicle (POV) to the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by electronic technicians and other personnel similarly situated, is not advantageous to the Government unless the individuals are covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. The question arises because the FAA has entered into an agree- ment with a union which states that the type of travel involved is advantageous to the Government when it is performed by em- ployees who are covered by the agreement. The FAA declined to supply written comments on the matter. The documents submitted by Mr. Peer show that Mr. Ard T. Johnson, an FAA employee, requested the amendment of his travel order to show that his travel by POV to the FAA Academy was advantageous to the Government since Article 19 of FAA's 4L 3 O31 collective-bargaining agreement with the Federal Aviation Science f< and Technological Association, National Association of Govern- -nent Employee-s-FASA AGE) provides that certain travel to the FAA Acadamy by POV is advantageous to the Government. Mr. Johnson's request was denied on the basis that the E9dera5leodd3 - Tabnr Relations Council's (FLRC) decision 78A-26, October 16, 1978 (which is attached to Federal Personnel Manual (FPM) Bulletin 711-61, March 28, 1979) from which Article 19 was I DIGEST:

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