Hi all, I recently experienced a long delay (more than 10 hours) on a CX flight from Europe to HKG, due to the sickness of the pilot.

When I asked for a compensation from Cathay under EC261, I was advised the sickness of pilot is a force majeure. Is that the case? Even if so, is there anyway I can ask for a sort of compensation as 10 hours is really a long delay and caused me a lot of trouble.

Thank you for your advice.