Reply To: BA flight cancellation and rebook c£2k claim rejected – advice please

[Londonsteve]

I suspect the pilot going out of hours was due to BA timetabling the departure of the usual 6pm departure from BUD until 9pm that day (they never ordinarily have a depature that late from BUD) so that post-racegoers could reach the flight. As a result, the crew spent an extra 3 hours on the tarmac and ATC restrictions would have put the pilot out of hours. In this case if it went to court I’m guessing they would side with BA on the basis that if the flight was allowed to depart as scheduled the pilot would not have been out of hours.