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B-219850 1 (1987-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmxo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General ) of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Staff Sergeant Jeffry A. Collins - Reconsidera- Matterof- tion - Use of Foreign Air Carrier File: B-219850 Date: November 23, 1987 DIGEST General statements by a service member and his travel agent that U.S. air carrier service from Honolulu to Tokyo en route to Okinawa was unavailable on the date the member traveled do not provide adequate justification for use of a foreign air carrier when the transportation officer has denied certification for such travel. Adequacy of justi- fication for use of a foreign carrier is determined in accordance with the Fly America Act standards of unavail- ability set forth in Joint Travel Regulations, Vol. 1, para. M2150. Absent certification of justification under those standards by the transportation or other appropriate officer, reimbursement for travel may not be made. Sergeant Jeffry A. Collins, USAF, B-219850, February 19, 1986, affirmed. DECISION This action is in response to a request for reconsideration of our decision, Sergeant Jeffry A. Collins, USAF, B-219850, February 19, 1986. In that case, Sergeant Collins was denied travel expenses because he and his family traveled to Okinawa in November 1980, pursuant to orders for a permanent change of station, on a foreign air carrier without providing adequate justification for use of the foreign air carrier. We noted that the applicable regu- lation in effect at the time of the travel, Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 1 (1 JTR), paragraph M2150, requires the use of air carriers in accordance with the Fly America Act, 49 U.S.C. App. S 1517. Paragraph M2152, 1 JTR, requires that travel by foreign air carriers be supported by a certificate or memorandum setting forth the justification for use of a foreign air carrier. Sergeant Collins and his family were originally to travel by government air transportation from Travis Air Force Base, ,_

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