Originally Posted by
just_starting
This might have been discussed before - apologies if that's the case.
I've contacted a few flight compensation lawyers and 3 out of 3 are happy to take my case of claiming compensation for a cancelled flight due to industrial action at BA. They all agree "internal strikes" aren't extraordinary circumstances.
I was slightly surprised by this - has anyone had any luck with this, maybe even without support from a lawyer?
Very interested to know how you get on with this one as I just today received a response rejecting an EC261 claim I made early July from LHR-IAH due to the staff industrial action.
I have responded stating the action was announced in Jun giving over 2 weeks between this and my flight time so adequate time to cover any forecast outages, which I think is a reasonable stance? Staffing issues are surely part and parcel of running a large company such as BA I would have thought? Cant be too long before this one gets changed??
Or am I being overly optimistic?