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Yes I meant more with government regulations, and as someone else mentioned having a backup plan for when there are technical difficulties.

tialaramex 7y ago
The thing you're responding to _is_ a government regulation. Specifically the EU's regulation 261/2004. The EU has both Regulations (like this) and Directives. A Directive says that member governments need to make a law that achieves something, but leaves it to them to figure out the details. A Regulation (like 261/2004) doesn't leave it to national government, it's the same across the entire EU. BA were required (as a condition of operating an airline anywhere in the EU) to obey these regulations.
- biztos 7y ago
  I wonder, has BA (or any other airline) or the UK government said what the rules for this will be after Brexit? I have a hard time imagining, say, EasyJet doing any sort of compensation they aren't required by law to do.
  - t0mas88 7y ago
    easyJet has a very significant amount of their operation registered in the EU. So they will be following these rules also after brexit.
  - isostatic 7y ago
    BA are more penny pinching than Easyjet. As with all things brexit, the goal is to remove our rights https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/flight-delay-compensation-eu261-brexit/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/flight-delay-compens...
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  What are the penalties for the regulations? Because without sufficiently high costs, the airline has no incentive to comply.
  - tialaramex 7y ago
    Why would there need to be penalties? What's the plan, start an airline for a few hundred million dollars, screw customers out of compensation, then... Go bankrupt? You aren't allowed to operate airlines that don't obey EU rules in EU countries, there aren't pirate airports with shady airlines that don't obey the laws or anything like that.
  - isostatic 7y ago
    Most enforcement action has been around the compensation part rather than the duty of care part There has been enforcement action though https://www.caa.co.uk/News/CAA-s-enforcement-action-reaffirmed-by-Court-of-Appeal-ruling-in-latest-victory-for-consumers/ https://www.caa.co.uk/News/CAA-s-enforcement-action-reaffirm...

tialaramex 7y ago

The thing you're responding to _is_ a government regulation. Specifically the EU's regulation 261/2004. The EU has both Regulations (like this) and Directives. A Directive says that member governments need to make a law that achieves something, but leaves it to them to figure out the details. A Regulation (like 261/2004) doesn't leave it to national government, it's the same across the entire EU. BA were required (as a condition of operating an airline anywhere in the EU) to obey these regulations.

biztos 7y ago
I wonder, has BA (or any other airline) or the UK government said what the rules for this will be after Brexit? I have a hard time imagining, say, EasyJet doing any sort of compensation they aren't required by law to do.
- t0mas88 7y ago
  easyJet has a very significant amount of their operation registered in the EU. So they will be following these rules also after brexit.
- isostatic 7y ago
  BA are more penny pinching than Easyjet. As with all things brexit, the goal is to remove our rights https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/flight-delay-compensation-eu261-brexit/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/flight-delay-compens...
lotsofpulp 7y ago
What are the penalties for the regulations? Because without sufficiently high costs, the airline has no incentive to comply.
- tialaramex 7y ago
  Why would there need to be penalties? What's the plan, start an airline for a few hundred million dollars, screw customers out of compensation, then... Go bankrupt? You aren't allowed to operate airlines that don't obey EU rules in EU countries, there aren't pirate airports with shady airlines that don't obey the laws or anything like that.
- isostatic 7y ago
  Most enforcement action has been around the compensation part rather than the duty of care part There has been enforcement action though https://www.caa.co.uk/News/CAA-s-enforcement-action-reaffirmed-by-Court-of-Appeal-ruling-in-latest-victory-for-consumers/ https://www.caa.co.uk/News/CAA-s-enforcement-action-reaffirm...