[Request for Reconsideration of Claims Group's Denial of Retired FAA Employee's Claim for Overtime Compensation]

A retired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee requested reconsideration of a decision denying his request for overtime and mileage compensation, contending that: (1) he was on travel status when he made daily trips to the post office en route to his duty station to pick up and deliver mail; (2) previous supervisors at the remote FAA facility had performed this function; and (3) other employees at the facility received overtime compensation for the same activity. GAO held that: (1) the claimant was not in travel status when he picked up mail, since FAA determined that the post office was within his duty station; (2) it was not the claimant's primary function as supervisor to pick up and deliver mail and supplies; and (3) alleged overtime compensation to other employees did not constitute a basis for improperly granting such compensation to the claimant. Accordingly, the claim was denied.