About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

LOG IN
LOG IN


PLRD-83-45 1 (1983-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmwh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -~COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES0 WASHINGTON D.C. 20648 B-206232 ee'. te nea RELEASED The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives 120803 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: The Coast Guard Headquarter's Aircraft Operations: A Costly Way of Providing Transportation (GAO/PLRD-83-45) On April 9,.1981, the Chairman of your Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation asked us to review the operations of Federal civilian agencies' aircraft to see if they were being managed efficiently and economically. The results of that review will be provided in an overall report discussing Government-wide aircraft management problems. This report is being sent to you as a result of September 23, 1982, hearings on these matters before your Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. As part of our overall assessment, we reviewed the use of the U.S. Coast Guard's two administrative aircraft located at National Airport, Washington, D.C. During fiscal year 1981, it cost almost $2.6 million, including 458,000 gallons of fuel to operate and maintain these aircraft. We noted that: --The aircraft were used primarily to transport high-ranking Department of Transportation (DOT) and Coast Guard offi- cials, as well as their spouses and guests to United States and overseas locations generally served more eco- nomically by commercial airlines. --The majority of flights on these aircraft were for routine travel which did not appear justified based on either time critical mission requirements or the nonavailability of commercial air transportation. --A number of flights were made with only a few passengers on board and with no justifications, which conflict with Coast Guard Headquarter's aircraft instructions. (943500)