Originally Posted by
Charli
To summarize, Air Canada agreed to transport him from Point A to Point B. They did.
There's no question about Air Canada having met its obligations under its contract of carriage. The question arises around the extra duties the MD performed in flight.
His vacation was far from ruined
He doesn't mention his vacation being ruined--only his flight.
If this incident had occurred on the ground, (i.e. he came accross a car accident and assisted a victim) would he be requesting compensation?
Not a good comparison--unless he came across an accident hundreds of miles from a hospital, EMT would be there quite quickly to relieve him. He wouldn't be required to travel with the victim or fill out paperwork. Further, a road accident victim may not have access to the medical resources available to a commercial air carrier. Finally, he probably didn't have to shell out 160,000 AP miles to travel by road.