The consumer had statutory rights to compensation for being delayed or an airline-arranged alternative flight but chose to make his own arrangement. He may wel

The consumer had statutory rights to compensation for being delayed or an airline-arranged alternative flight but chose to make his own arrangement. He may well have a sound argument that his alternative arrangement was in this instance equally reasonable, but it is not a bug in the legal system that arguing for different entitlements is longer and more complicated than using ones already written into law