B-152161, NOV. 13, 1963
Highlights
REQUESTS FURTHER RECONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR AMOUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAVEL OF YOUR FAMILY FROM PARIS TO WASHINGTON WHICH WAS DISALLOWED BY OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF APRIL 11. YOU PERSONALLY WERE AUTHORIZED TO TRAVEL BY AN INDIRECT ROUTE AND DEPART FROM ITALY BECAUSE OF A TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENT IN ITALY. YOUR DEPENDENTS WERE AUTHORIZED DIRECT TRAVEL ONLY FROM PARIS TO WASHINGTON. YOU HAVE NOW FURNISHED EVIDENCE THAT YOU WERE WAITLISTED FOR ALL SAILINGS OF FOREIGN CARRIERS FROM LE HAVRE. THE FIRST CONFIRMATION OF SPACE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ITALIAN LINE FOR THE S.S. WHICH WAS ACCEPTED SINCE ALL SAILINGS WERE EXTREMELY CROWDED. THE TICKETS WERE ISSUED JUNE 22. SINCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT.
B-152161, NOV. 13, 1963
TO MR. ROBERT B. MEYERSBURG, FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY:
YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1963, REQUESTS FURTHER RECONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR AMOUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAVEL OF YOUR FAMILY FROM PARIS TO WASHINGTON WHICH WAS DISALLOWED BY OFFICE SETTLEMENT OF APRIL 11, 1963, AND OUR DECISION TO YOU OF AUGUST 27, 1963.
FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY TRAVEL ORDER NO. 8069, MAY 23, 1961, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZED YOU AND YOUR DEPENDENTS TO TRAVEL FROM PARIS TO WASHINGTON IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF STATION. YOU PERSONALLY WERE AUTHORIZED TO TRAVEL BY AN INDIRECT ROUTE AND DEPART FROM ITALY BECAUSE OF A TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENT IN ITALY. YOUR DEPENDENTS WERE AUTHORIZED DIRECT TRAVEL ONLY FROM PARIS TO WASHINGTON.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY INITIALLY DECIDED TO TRAVEL TO ITALY AND SAIL TOGETHER, ABOARD THE S.S. CONSTITUTION, DEPARTING FROM NAPLES JULY 2, 1961.
SUBSEQUENTLY, TRANSPORTATION ON UNITED STATES FLAG VESSELS BECAME UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE OF A MARITIME STRIKE THAT BEGAN JUNE 16, 1961, AND ENDED JULY 4, 1961. AS A RESULT, YOU HAD TO OBTAIN PASSAGE ON A SHIP OTHER THAN THE S.S. CONSTITUTION. YOU HAVE NOW FURNISHED EVIDENCE THAT YOU WERE WAITLISTED FOR ALL SAILINGS OF FOREIGN CARRIERS FROM LE HAVRE, CHERBOURG, AND FOR THE SAILINGS OF THE ITALIAN LINE FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE FIRST CONFIRMATION OF SPACE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ITALIAN LINE FOR THE S.S. SATURNIA SAILING ON JULY 6, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED SINCE ALL SAILINGS WERE EXTREMELY CROWDED. THE TICKETS WERE ISSUED JUNE 22. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY LEFT PARIS JUNE 24.
SINCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT, BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE, THE ACCOMMODATIONS ON THE S.S. SATURNIA WERE THE FIRST AVAILABLE, YOU MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR SUBSISTENCE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR DEPENDENTS ON THE BASIS OF YOUR DEPENDENTS' ACTUAL TRAVEL EXPENSES ON THIS SHIP, IT BEING THE MOST DIRECT METHOD OF SHIP TRANSPORTATION THEN AVAILABLE, AND ON THE BASIS OF YOUR DEPENDENTS' ACTUAL TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK CITY TO DESTINATION. REIMBURSEMENT FOR YOUR DEPENDENTS' TRAVEL FROM PARIS TO VENICE WILL BE BASED ON CONSTRUCTIVE DIRECT TRAVEL BETWEEN PARIS AND VENICE TIMED FOR THE SAILING OF THE S.S. SATURNIA FROM THAT PORT. WE ARE SENDING YOUR CLAIM TO OUR CLAIMS DIVISION FOR REAUDIT AND FOR SETTLEMENT OF WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS MAY BE FOUND DUE AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THAT ACTION IN REGULAR COURSE.