Originally Posted by
rlnnpt
Sorry to drag this back up, but I can’t understand why BA are fighting so hard on issues with the Trent 1000 - surely these are just effectively billed back to RR en masse? Or have RR already reached their liability cap on this? Has BA already agreed liability from RR based on estimates of what the total cost of compensation etc will be, in which case every claim BA deny is pure profit? Or even worse, under BAs responsibility to mitigate its losses, does this include fighting every claim? Surely their total overhead for the back and forth is more than the payout?
Surely the essence of 'sharp practice' would be to negotiate compensation whilst restricting payouts.
So I wouldn't be surprised to find that BA has been compensated by RR whilst trying to dodge any EC261 liabilities.
This is something the rail companies do well from, receiving big payouts from National Rail whilst paying out less than 10% to customers.