Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Of course it's nonsense to suggest that the effect on every one of those passengers is comparable to the BA meltdown. It's not like 300,000 passengers are going to roll up at the airport expecting to fly, only to be told on the day that their flight isn't going.
You're clear on that.
But are you right?
Obviously the people whose flights are cancelled today have (in many cases much) less than 24 hours notice.
And those tomorrow, logically, 48 hours notice. Then 72 etc.
But is this true?
Do people whose flight on Monday is cancelled now know that?
"It seems not" is what I would say.
In addition, you confirm that the Guardian figure of nearly 300 000 affected in total is correct.
Yet one poster here claims that today's cancellations by Ryanair amount to 80 flights vs the 40-50 announced.
Might that bring the total figure affected to nearer 550 000?
Always assuming the figures stay at "only" [not I confess a direct quote from any company press release] 80 per day.