They are debating it on the radio now, and if easyJet are right to sue or if this is just part of compensation culture in this country...
I heard part of the debate yesterday, and can see why they are doing this. Yes, I think it is a
PR exercise in part - but ultimately when events like this occur it is not the airport or the council that gets blame from the customer, it's the airline and its reputation that goes down as a result.
There was mention that when similar weather closed the airport a few years back, complaints were made and so were promises regarding new equipment which never materialised.
I think the company is right to take this matter up and it's nothing to do with the compensation culture as previoulsy mentioned. This is not some Jeremy Kyle regular, spotting an advert on Ch5 for 'having an accident at work?' - We're talking serious loss of revenue/reputation and repeat business could be affected by this, and the council/airport couldn't give a monkey's.