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B-208340 1 (1982-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadktb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I / SC, s~' ' ~ DECIBION THEN COMPTROLLER GENERA. OF THE UNITED STATEU WABHINGTON, 0.0. 21005410 V -- j j.tj i~ FILE: B-208340 DATE: November 29, 1962 MATTER OF: D1GEC3T: Malcolm H. Churchill Dependents' trav on a foreign air grandparents en United States co that caused loss carriers availab home leave desti Fly America Act, is not authorize ing relatives, b use of foreign a cannot be justif travel by U.S. a with the accompl . mission, el from Australia to Manila carrier to visit ailing route to home leave in the nstitutes indirect travel of revenue for U,S, air le on a direct route to the nation in violation of the Because home leave travel d for the purpose of visit- ut for ru-Americanization, ir carrier by way of Manila ied on the basis that direct ir carrier would interfere ishment of an essential Malcolw H. Churchill, an employee in the foreign service of the Department of State, appeals our Claims Group'f denial of reimbursement for dependent travel from Australia to the Philippines on a foreign air car- rier in connection with his family's travel on home leave. The question in this case is whether expendi- tures for foreign air carrier transportation must be disallowed under 49 U.S.C. 1517 (Fly America Act) where U.S. air carrier service was available by direct route and where the indirect travel that resulted in the use of a foreign air carrier was for the purpose of enabling the employee's children to visit their ailing grandparents en route to their home leave destination in the United States. Since home leave travel is not specifically authorized for the purpose of visiting relatives, the dependents' travel by way of the Philippi0n must be regarded as travel by indirect route. Their travel, therefore, was correctly found to have been in violation of the Fly America Act. Pursuant to a travel leave in :ombination with Australia, to Washington, son and daughter from Can grandparents !ho were in authorization granting home a transfer from Canberra, D. C, , Mr. Churchill sent his berra to Manila to visit their poor health. Front Manila the

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