Originally Posted by
snaxmuppet
But the aircraft wasn't stuck in London because of weather. It was pre-emptively cancelled 25hrs before. I could understand if it was a weather-related delay... as I understand it, the vast majority of these delays were not weather delays but operational delays due to slow or unavailable de-icing. This was not an extreme event. It was a dusting of snow and some below zero temps. Something that happens almost every year and they should have been able to cope with it way better than they did.
To me, very few flights were weather-delayed and mine was not one of them. I believe that mine should be considered "knock on" and I have applied for compensation. If they refuse I will take it to the next stage.
As customers we should not have to put up with this kind of business mismanagement and incompetence. Having just got Silver status I now find myself not wanting to travel much at all now.
So, when the airport asks the airline to reduce the schedule because the airport anticipates bad weather and much slower flow of traffic, it is not weather related? And the airline was supposed to do what? Would it really have made a difference if the flight had been canceled 5 minutes before departure rather than in advance? The airline did not cancel the flight because it did not want to operate it. The flight was canceled because the airline knew that it would not be able to operate it. That it was canceled proactively means nothing (well, it was a good thing as passengers did not have to go to the airport in vain). The flight would not have gone anyway.
P.S. I wonder how do you decide which flight was canceled due to weather?