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Old May 2, 2017 | 6:13 pm
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Originally Posted by skybluesea
in EU well, industrial action is heavy cause, and is considered an exceptional event so NOT subject to normal EC 261 rules.
Is it? Some airlines may claim so and possibly get away with it. It may even be that courts in different jurisdictions have reached conflicting conclusions.

During the last AF strike, they did pay me compensation as per 261, no question asked. (Actually Delta handled it.)
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