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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 11:27 am
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Originally Posted by lougord99
I will repeat. I believe that you guys are flat out wrong. The part of the CoC that I quoted in post #8 of this thread leaves no room for them to strand you.
(a.) Agreed.

(b.) If they tried to actually treat a mechanical issue as a force majeure, they'd have their arses handed to them in court. Words have definitions, and by definition a plane with mechanical issues is not a force majeur.

(c.) Due to (b.), if you think WN or any other non-Spirit non-Ryanair carrier would even try something so knuckle-headed, please rethink your position.

What I will fault WN for in this instance is for using confusing language in a consumer contract.
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