Whether or not the compensation was 'damn' generous is completely irrelevant as there is no reason to believe that the OP asked for or was looking to receive compensation.
There was no complaint about delays in general. I doubt that the delay was noted on website at 4:30AM, and even if it had been, OP would have to be awake at that time to learn this info, which is the OP's point - OP was needlessly awake at early hour that could have been avoided with a simple communication.
I for one see the irony in that the OP was short on sleep that AM because the crew was sleeping in late, requirement or not.
Last edited by lstheodore; Jul 23, 2007 at 9:34 pm