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GGD-83-4 1 (1983-03-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N7 ~ ' ofa N)EUe - , ,% 0A Act H BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL RELEASED Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Trade, House Committee On Ways And Means OF THE UNITED STATES A Strategy Is Needed To Deal With Peaking Problems At International Airports The Subcommittee asked GAO to examine the role that controlling the timing of flight arrivals could play in coping with the problem of peaking--multiple arrivals of in- ternational flights within a limited time period--which causes traveler delays in clearing the Federal inspection process. In addressing this question, GAO concluded that because of competition, international relations, and other implications of con- trolling the timing of flight arrivals, this course of action should only be considered when all else fails in coping with peaking problems. There is a need to establish criteria for identifying current and anticipated peaking problems affecting international travelers and a concomitant need to gauge the cur- rent and potentially enhanced capacity of the Federal inspection operations to over- come these problems. Only then will there be a logical basis for determining the need to control flight arrivals as part of an overall strategy to speed the entry of international travelers. I 11 1 120928 0U ZSGAO/GGD-83-4 ICCQU 14 MARCH 24, 1983 C, 5OU 4'q •