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B-188648 1 (1977-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfgh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 90. L d IA t .J -f, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL *-** DACISION .THE UNIED STArEs WASHINOTON, C.C. 20546 % a ¾ 11 Vt' 0 '-6 .4. 0 OATE: November 18, 1977 OF. Gilbert Gritftis - Fly America Act, Side Trip by Foreign Air Catrier Employee authorized official travel to Africa with return to Washington, D.C., via London, took side trip by foreign air carrier from London to Edinburg as a matter of personal convenience. In accordance with penalty formula set forth at 56 Comp. Ce. 209 (1977) enployee is liable for $16.02, amount by which his personal travel diverted Government revenues from certificated U.S. air carriers to foreign carriers, notwith- standing fact that air transportation between London and Edinburg was furnished at no additional cost. By letter dated March 21., 1977, Gary E. Pike, authorized certifying officer, ACTION. has forwarded for advance decision Mr. Gilbert Griffis' claim for reambursemen* of the $57.10 penalty assessed in connection with his use of noncertificated foreign air carrier service between London, England, and Edinburg, Scotland. In the course of official business performed in April and May of 1976, Mr. Griffis traveled from Washington, D.C., to Madrid, Spain, thence to Johannesburg, South Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Following the completion of duty in Addis Ababa on My 15, Mr. Griffis traveled to London to attend a meeting and returned to Washington, D.C., on Hay 17. The employee used certificated U.S. air carrier service fer the transoceanic portions of travol from Washington to Madrid and for.return travel from London to Washington. The remainder of the travel was pirformed tither by foreign air carrier or by means of ground transportation. The certifying officer does not question the propriety of the employee's travel by foreign air catriers or the justification offered for use of such service in connection with the official travel performed. The issue presented for advance decision relates only to the employee's use of foreign air carrier service in connection with indirect travel performed as u matter of the employee's own convenience between London and Edinburg for which he has been assessed a penalty of $57.10. L_ FILE. 5-188648 MATTER DIGEST: I 1 I

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