I can't help but think that everyone ends up paying for what is..(IMO!!!) ..an excessive level of compensation.... I only suggest it is excessive because I can't think offhand of ANY other situation in life where ANY compo is paid for a failure to meet stated timings- certainly not 600 Euro for 4 hours . Seeing a Doctor.... appointment times are a joke (and that is at a non bulk billing practice) ... whats that? An urgent case might arrive? Sure... but how is THAT any less expected than an aircrafts mechanical troubles... why doesn't the medical practice have to take that into account - and pay for getting it wrong like the airlines? The plumber who says 2 pm...and turns up at 5 because the "previous job took longer than he thought"... Why is that MY problem? See what I mean? Why is ones time so valuable if "stolen" by an airline...but not when wasted by others?

Lets not even talk about OTHER forms of public transport......