Originally Posted by greg5

I would be tempted to request the a/c maintenance records. I've had a lot of technical issues on my recent BA flights:

- Fuel leak
- APU non functional, required air starter arrived late
- Wrong size stairs arriving, then baggage two hours to arrive (from an E170)

The first two were resolved < 2hours, so no delays wrt EU 261. The last one led to a huge delay, but was weather related, as it was during last year's snurricane, and the flight was diverted to STN. So no chance for compensation there either.

But, it does seem to me that there are an awful lot of technical issues with BA of late. But, perhaps I've just been unlucky.