Once, as a passenger, I was preparing to board the aircraft that had just landed from the Airport I was returning to. The airline put out an indefinite delay due to a bird strike. The same aircraft then departed to North Africa empty.
Yes there had been a bird strike, but on another aircraft 1000 miles away. So the aircraft I was preparing to fly on had been requisitioned......which is being a bit naughty with the facts and very naughty with 150 hacked off punters.
So I'm with the Judge on this one...