Originally Posted by
Baconroll
By the sounds of it, the engineers did a full inspection due to the leaky water. Water can get into the electrics, and that's why these inspections are needed. It's difficult to gauge how long it's going to take to fix until the engineers see it, so I suspect the pilots thought it would be a quick job, but the engineers wanted to be absolutely sure (which is why I adore our engineers).
Sorry, I don't know anything at all about compo/miles

I am not sure if it is still applicable but I thought that engineers are legally responsible for signing off an aircraft as fit to fly and there are some pretty draconian penalties - summary conviction?