Originally Posted by
Often1
While you have chosen to focus OP on the compensation aspects of EC 261/2004, it would be far more helpful to point to DL's "duty of care" in the event that she is stuck at SEA and which is the most likely reason for a SEA agent to get OP out of SEA as quickly as possible.
I know that "compensation" is an FT obsession, but when one is stranded, that is not the first thing most people worry about.
Even duty of care may not apply. Unless the delay is due to the inbound to SEA, EC261 doesn't apply. If immigration at SEA is slow, or the flight from SEA is delayed/cancelled then EC261 doesn't apply.