Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Delays were never part of the original legislation - it was only once airlines started trying to effectively cancel a flight by doing thingd such as delaying it for 24 hours , that the court ruled that delays were eligible
There is a big difference between a delay and an airline choosing to cancel a flight
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Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
The background to this is that the Regulations give zero compensation to delays, there was never the intention to give compensation there provided the airlines did their jobs properly. But what happened is that when airlines wanted to cancel a flight they would simply "delay" it until sometimes several days later. So the judiciary - realising the airlines' abuse of the system - said that at some point a delay is as bad as a cancellation therefore that point is declared to be 3 hours. Hence delay compensation came in to reflect this, even though it is not in the regulations itself.
So while you may not be happy with the 3 hour rule, it's better than no rule at all.
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I am afraid some people are starting to be too greedy...
And, by the way, there is a proposal to "soften" this regulation... And I guess it will get through EC.
I will probably receive flame and hate for this, but this proposal is in my opinion based on greediness of some people... As an example, I've been flying between Australia and Europe regularly since I migrated to Australia in 1992. I do two to three return trips in business class every year. 2014 was the first year I was trying to claim 261/2004 for the very first time due to 13 hour delay to final destination (returning back to Australia from ZRH on SQ). And it is still pending, SQ willing to go to court... I would still not claim it if there weren't other circumstances that pissed me off enough to do that... Had previously 3, 4, 6 hours delays and was just happy to be home... .... happens and it is easy to miss short, but legal connection on trips like these and subsequently get delay that would entitle me to the E600 for delay at final destination. But I am not greedy...