B-110593, OCT 22, 1954
Highlights
DCS/COMPTROLLER: THERE WAS RECEIVED WITH LETTER OF HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. WHEREIN IT WAS HELD THAT ON THE RECORD THEN PRESENTED. FIELD WAS NOT ENTITLED TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCENTIVE PAY FOR FREQUENT AND REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN AERIAL FLIGHTS NOT AS A CREW MEMBER AND INCENTIVE PAY FOR FREQUENT AND REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN AERIAL FLIGHTS AS A CREW MEMBER FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1. IT IS REGRETTED THAT THIS OFFICE WAS UNABLE TO REACH A FINAL DETERMINATION IN THIS CASE PRIOR TO JULY 1.
B-110593, OCT 22, 1954
PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE
COLONEL VICTOR H. KING, USAF, DCS/COMPTROLLER:
THERE WAS RECEIVED WITH LETTER OF HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, DATED FEBRUARY 5, 1954, YOUR COMMUNICATION OF AUGUST 11, 1953, WITH ENCLOSURES, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF DECISION OF THIS OFFICE DATED FEBRUARY 27, 1953, B-110593, WHEREIN IT WAS HELD THAT ON THE RECORD THEN PRESENTED, LIEUTENANT COLONEL EUGENE H. FIELD WAS NOT ENTITLED TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCENTIVE PAY FOR FREQUENT AND REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN AERIAL FLIGHTS NOT AS A CREW MEMBER AND INCENTIVE PAY FOR FREQUENT AND REGULAR PARTICIPATION IN AERIAL FLIGHTS AS A CREW MEMBER FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1951, TO MARCH 26, 1952.
IT IS REGRETTED THAT THIS OFFICE WAS UNABLE TO REACH A FINAL DETERMINATION IN THIS CASE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1954. SINCE THE APPROPRIATION AVAILABLE FOR INCENTIVE PAY FOR THE PERIOD HERE INVOLVED LAPSED ON THAT DATE, PAYMENT MAY NOT BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, COLONEL FIELD SHOULD BE ADVISED TO SUBMIT A CLAIM FOR THE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE PAY, OVER HIS HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE, FOR CONSIDERATION AND SETTLEMENT BY THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF THIS OFFICE.