Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
The aircraft should look as professional and competent as the pilots do.
Would you expect a pilot with the shirt stained by coffee to cancel a (return) flight, because the looks do not conform to the professional standard the passengers assume to have paid for?
In a very similar fashion, there is logistics and resources allocation involved. I strongly oppose the idea EZY just want it that way. Per EU 261 those two denied boarding places cost to the tune of 3500 GBP a day, plus you need to get the passengers where they booked to anyway.
At the absolute peak of the summer season, what if the A/C failed to meet its new seats somewhere mid-week due to being sent to recover some other AOG'd?