[darkclouds]

We need to see the dodgy dossier, not the Iraq one, but the one filed by the French aircraft that supposedly bought a £multi million air traffic control system down. Je n'est ce pas?

I see some airports were handing out camp beds for the stranded, although it certainly wasnt any AirBnB by any means, at least it was in keeping with the spirit of the law, even if it was only a little will-o'-the-wisp from a bog.

Why didnt the UN declare a state of emergency because they could have set up refugee camps which appear to have better facilities, than anything the airlines or airports have laid on, or is the law really that inconsistent, it would have its own schizophrenia definition in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition aka the DSM?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee_camp#Facilities

[Nextgrid]

The airports did what they did out of good faith - as far as I know, it's the airlines' responsibility to provide accommodation.

The problem is that there are no penalties for breaching the regulation, so the normal operating procedure for airlines is to ignore everyone and then selectively refund hotels only for the most persistent complainers.

This of course leaves those who either can't afford to front the cost of the hotel or can't stand their ground legally to get their hotels refunded, but the UK is probably the last government I would expect to actually do anything about it (although EU isn't any better in this case).

[darkclouds]

Good faith is an imperceptible standard.

[pjc50]

Your flight being delayed does not make you a refugee.

[darkclouds]

No of course not, I dont make the definitions up, but it still feels like a refugee and hostage situation imposed by business and govt failings.

[chrismeller]

First World Refugee Problems?