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B-205455 1 (1982-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -. I OECIBION FILE: 3B2O5455 MATTER (OP: GEST a S / 29 5%? 4'H aCOMPTROLLER OGNEtRAL OF THU UNITEf SETATEIM WAUHINGTON, 0. .10040 DATE: September 23, 1982 Staff Sergeant John Osterma, USA .0 Army member who was prevented from using available Hilitary Airlift Command aircraft on emergency leave becase his authorizing orders were incorrectly issued may not 5e reimbursed the cost he paid for commercial travel. The enabling regulation created only an elixibility for military air transportation In kind and not an entitlement to reimbursement for air transportation in general. Therefore, there Is rso authority to allow the claim for the cost of a commercial carrier. The question In this case is whether Staff Sergeant Jconn Osterman, USA, may be reimbursed the coat of commercial aircraft travel he used for emergency leave when he was prevented by the Air Force from using available Mliltary Airl.Itt Commend aircraft. Even though 3firgeaat Osterman had orders autht.rizing his cravel on military aircraft, he was prevented from boarding because his orders were :icorrectly L isued. lie may not be reimbursed rhe cost of. the comm'ircia) aircraft since the nature of his eligibility to use ailitary aircraft created nu e: t .tlercat to any other form of reimbursement. The Finance and Accounting O(ffcer at lieadquazterR, United Stats Army Infantry Cen.er, Fort Bunning, Georgia, presented the question, which was assigned contl! numbcr 82-2 by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Commttee. On August 16, 19C.1, Sergeant Ostermnn received notice that his father had died in Puerto Rico. That day his request for emergency leave was approved, he received orders authorizing travel on Hilitary Airlift Command aircraft at Govornment expensa, and he departed from hia duty station, Fort Benning, Georgia, for Puerto Rico. When he arrived at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, in ord, r to board the military ..rcraft that was available to Puerto Rico, he was denied boarding because his name was orntcted from the authorizing orders, even though he displayed an emergency leave form which did contain hid name. The Red Cross provided money for Sergeant Osterman to purchase a ticket on commercial aircraft to Puerto Rico from Charleston, and he departed the night of the 16th. Since Sergeant Osterman's orders were not corrected while he was on emergency leave, the '.- - mmdbww a. . - - a-- - - 4

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