Originally Posted by
giacomino
Thank you very much for the welcome and the detailed explanation, CWS. Indeed, I did not know that the message meant 'cancelled for me'. The staff at STL and ORD were unfamiliar with the terminology or process either, as they seemed equally puzzled. I have learnt something new!Regarding the BA294 delay, the captain mentioned it was caused by a delay of the inbound aircraft (BA295) due to de-icing procedures at LHR. I assumed that this would fall under weather-related reasons, but from what I am reading, that is not necessarily the case. When would such a delay be considered under airline control?
This will not be regarded under airline control, in that the reason for de-icing is due to bad weather. Over the broad perspective and taking the whole point of EC261, there may be an argument here as to how much of this the airline controls, how much ATC controls, and how much is airport restrictions, but ultimately we've had bad weather in the UK and that's the cause of your problems.