Originally Posted by
AJLondon
To me, what is most surprising though is that BA compensated American and French pax, but not the British pax. That is just galling! So some pax lives and trauma was more important than others? Based on nationality?

I did receive 200 quid, so I can't say there was no compensation. I very sensibly invested the money in my local pub for next first few days home.
I suspect that political interference (or HMG's inability to interfere in France and the US) played a role.