Originally Posted by
BAHumbug
BA's counter-argument, surely, would be that cancelling L/H flights is far more disruptive to people than cancelling S/H flights which is why they take that approach. I see your point and it may be right, but trying to prove it would be much harder I imagine.
BAH
But that argument is not a good one to show that the flight was cancelled beyond BA's control - in actual fact, if that is the reason for them cancelling that flight, then EU compensation should be paid, since it was clear that BA made an economic decision to cancel that flight, not that it was forced to cancel that flight as there was no way it could be operated. Now if NATS have a policy of protecting L/H flight plans over S/H flight plans, that's a different matter...
Your argument is certainly logical and understandable - but it doesn't protect BA from EU claims.