Originally Posted by
wangw
Took this up with BA, and their response was – they could only account for the 12 minute delay as their fault (essentially the 12 minutes delay till push-back), while blaming the rest of the delays to “ATC issues”. Upon some reading, I see that it seems to be a strategy adopted by airlines to minimise EC261 compensations (see link below). Pilots have been asked to push back early and hold on remote stand while waiting for slots, possibly because it is easier to attribute run-way delay on ATC.
Before I take this to CEDR, wonder if anyone has come across this and can share any reasonable ways to deal with this?
I would take it to CEDR. The fact is that BA's induced delay caused the misconnect, and avoidable lateness. It may be that BA can persuade CEDR they did everything they reasonably could to get you on time, but you've got nothing to lose here. I would argue this any further with BA.