Originally Posted by
hshs
Is there merit in claiming that, since the aeroplane had arrived at the wrong terminal, plane doors open isn't the right metric, but bus doors is, as that's analogous to plane doors opening onto a jet bridge at the correct terminal?
I don't think there is merit in this one. When the CJEU ruled on this it was in connection with a manually operated stairway, which could have involved walking into a terminal or on to a bus or satellite. And while T3 is some distance from T5, it's probably shorter than some of the distances that you would have walked in places like AMS or CDG. Now if you were going all the way to CJEU with an argument based on equal treatment then may be the bus delay would be added, but that simply isn't where we are. Moreover if you consider all the other things that can delay you at an arriving airport, such as late return of luggage, this is not in scope for EC261 either, this seems to be in the same operational category, and it's often the same workforce that handle airbrdiges, buses, stairways, luggage.. Maybe it should be part of EC261, but it simply isn't as things stand.