Interesting statement by Ryanair in the context of the cheque drama:
“Ryanair complies fully with EU261 legislation, under which no compensation is payable to customers when the delay/cancellation is beyond the airline’s control.“If these strikes, by a tiny minority of Ryanair pilots, were within Ryanair’s control, there would have been no strikes and no cancellations.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business...cheques-bounce
Now that is somew serious re-writing of the case law on EU261/04.... Something like:
“Ryanair complies fully with EU261 legislation, under which no compensation is payable to customers when the delay/cancellation is beyond the airline’s control.
If this broken aircraft manufactured by Boeing, a tiny minority of Ryanair's fleet, was within Ryanair’s control, there would have been no broken aircraft"