Originally Posted by
highschoolband
I think they delayed the flight simply to not have to pay compensation
Hmm, I'm not sure I'm following you on this. Your flight returned to CDG due to a technical problem and safety should be clearly the 1st objective. Back on the ground, repair takes obviously some time and then the crew is out of hours. And so the flight is delayed. I don't see what's wrong with this outside the obvious inconvenience for everybody.
Originally Posted by
highschoolband
I should note, as another poster pointed out, AF groundstaff in Paris have this down to a science. It was really quite efficient how they got 500 pax into hotels as quickly as they did. While I can't say that I was impressed by the shabby hotel they put me in, I preferred to get to bed as quickly as possible, rather than wait for a room at the Hilton to open up.
At least they took care of you giving you an hotel room. Would you have flown on a US airline from the US, you would have been on your own.