Originally Posted by
Jasper2009
It depends. If the delay was weather related or caused by labor action the delay definitely is outside ACīs control and no compensation is due.
If it was a mechanical issue AC will probaby claim the same, however there have been court ruling which say otherwise, but you may still have a hard time getting the compensation.
If the delay was due to pilots calling in sick you may have a case, but I doubt AC will present this as the official reason for the delay.
In theory the compensation outlined in the EU regs. are very nice, but except for overbooking / IDB situations I havenīt come across an airline which will voluntarily offer any meaningful compensationl
Wasn't the reason for the overnight, noisehuggers who don't like airplane noise?
If the inbound arrived at 20:30, curfew is 23:00. Two hours on the gate and 30 minutes to get airborne can't be that hard?