Originally Posted by
DWFI
Maybe I'm wrong here but even if it is set out as such in theory it definitely isn't that way in practice.
There has to be some sort of line somewhere as to what is extraordinary or not - rain or fog at Heathrow is not extraordinary - at least I can't possibly consider it so - since it's pretty ordinary. An Icelandic volcano erupting...now THAT is extraordinary.
But where is the middle ground?
And this type of fogginess can be applied to all the cases.
If weather is not excusable then the law in this case, is indeed an arse!
You can't have every single airline forking out hundreds of thousands of Euros per flight because they're not allowed to take off due to weather. Basically everyone due to fly on a delayed aircraft, all day would be liable to compensation!
If its something that affects just a single aircraft, then its
probably not extraordinary, if everyone is affected, then it should be classed as such