Originally Posted by
HarryHolden68
I am not aware at what point BA deem a hot uncomfortable cabin to become a hot unsafe cabin, but I wonder what the result would have been had the captain said something like: "It's 40 / 104 degrees on board. You can wait for an unknown length of time until we get it cooled or cancel the flight, or board and put up with it." and taken a show of hands. If the majority want to board now, anyone who wants to offload, can do so and take the next available flight which may be in a couple of days.
I was wondering this too - there are absolutely scenarios in which I'd want to get home ASAP, and would happily take an uncomfortably hot flight over an overnight+ delay. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the problem was a safety one (Wiring/electronics overheating? Heat causing pressurisation issues?) rather than a comfort one - I can understand why they may not couch it in such terms to the public however!