Originally Posted by
DublinPole
What the CAA should do now is come out with a statement saying they will open an investigation of EU261 practices in all airlines operating in the UK and set-up an advice line where passengers of all airlines can call up and get advice over flights which they have took over the last number of years and claim compensation from their airline and the CAA will back them up.
Compliance with EU261 directives is an industry wide problem and needs to be treated as such rather than dealing with Ryanair's issues and then avoiding the actual wider issue which needs to be tackled.
Its amusing watching politicians and CAA support EU261 but strange they refuse to implement it on US Airlines. Watching the media say how great the law is while on the other hand damming EU laws as unacceptable. Hypocrisy much,
If the CAA are interpreting EU261 in a way that is incorrect then Ryanair can follow their interpretation and then challenge it in court. A Judge finding that interpretation and demands by CAA were unreasonable and not backed by any case law would end up CAA paying ALL the costs involved in it.
Someone at CAA is attempting to make a name for themselves.