Originally Posted by
WorldLux
I'm currently contemplating on whether to go down the CEDR/MCOL route with one claim. In the first reply, BA insisted on adverse weather conditions. When I provided elements indicating that this wasn't the case (notably by the observation that competitors operated their flights), BA moved away from weather conditions to ATC reducing the number of departures from Heathrow.
I'm still not convinced that a reduction of rotations is inherently an extraordinary circumstance as BA can prioritise larger aircraft in an attempt to avoid the increased costs of accommodating a larger amount of passengers. I'm currently sifting through flight data to see whether my hypothesis that BA prioritised large airplanes over smaller one is correct.
Any thoughts?
I sat on the BA163 for 4 hours on Feb 28 and Mar 1 while I watched at least one A380 beside our plane being de-iced and it occurred to me that there was no rhyme nor reason why we were not next in queue as we were physically beside the A380..it appeared to me that BA picked and chose the departing aircraft based on factors other than priority in line or passenger convenience