Shortly before his scheduled travel from Maryland to Alaska to support missile tracking tests, Jacob was unexpectedly detoured to Florida due to a death in the family.  To keep the missile testing on schedule he flew from Florida to Alaska rather than returning home and he was only reimbursed the cost for travel from his home in Maryland to Alaska leaving an additional $600 to be paid by Jacob.  In both an earlier and an appeal decision the Board ruled the decision to fly to Florida was a personal decision. Since he was not in Florida for official business even though the government benefited from his travel to keep the tests on schedule, the fact he incurred the costs for personal reasons was sufficient for the government not to pay the extra expense (Robert O. Jacob, CBCA 471-TRAV).

 

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