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I wouldn't have thought that there is much to stop the carrier suing the lot of them for costs recovery in a civil court, regardless of the criminal conviction and sentence. No doubt the £40K/year builder will have some of that stashed away for the bailiffs to find, and I bet he has a nice house...that should do it. But then I'm not a lawyer.
The airline might then need to show that there is no contingency built in to their ticket pricing just for such diversions.
As I understand it, they would need to demonstrate not just a cost, but an actual loss.
They might also need to show consistency. That is, that they always seek recovery of said costs.