Originally Posted by
dougzz
I have no vested interest in this, but that's quite a statement. Is there evidence of EU261 leading to unsafe operations?
Some airlines pressurize their crews into using commander's discretion to avoid delay compensation (with varying success). Various friends and colleagues have experienced this themselves.
There's been plenty of complaints to unions and it's been discussed in parliament.
(edit)Note, just in case Internet Brands does a PPruNe/Etihad: I'm not saying that BA does this.