Settle down at the back!
By pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
Derry, Northern Ireland
May 29, 2017 8:11am CST
On this drizzly Monday, I wonder what the repercussions of the weekend of travel misery inflicted by British Airways on its customers will be.
A calamitous sequence of events stemming, allegedly, from a "power surge" sometime on Saturday 27th May resulted in widespread cancellation of British Airways flights from 2 major London airports this weekend, starting around 10am on Saturday, with some short-haul flights to London Heathrow still being cancelled on Monday afternoon.
Chief executive Alex Cruz says flight disruption at Heathrow and Gatwick had nothing to do with cost cutting.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 May 17
Can only imagine the mess this is now at this time.
Wonder why they think the boss should resign. Did he do this? Hmmm
So many angry people I bet.
BA will be doling out the money for this event for sure.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 May 17
@pgntwo Wow incredible amount of money!!!
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 May 17
@pgntwo Thanks pgn, will get right to it. Tho I am not affected directly.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
29 May 17
I had not heard this news. It looks like a major failure, but I do not see why the boss would be responsible for this. BA will get more booking in 2 years : I read this weekend that Air France and Lufthansa were considering to not deserve anymore UK airports after the Brexit.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
29 May 17
@pgntwo The problem is that they do not know how they will be treated after the Brexit. All EU companies have to follow the same rules when an incident like this one happens (this power surge, like a strike) and to refund and pay damages to the passengers. They fear that UK companies would not have to do it anymore, at least for flights from an UK airport, and it would make a significant difference for the price of the ticket.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 May 17
AF and LH would be unlikely to sever their current service to the UK, it would not make any sense. BA is owned by a Spanish parent company in any case, which makes matters post-Brexit somewhat cloudy in regard to the UK's national flag carrier.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 17
I saw a video where a gentleman was calling for the resignation of the BA CEO because of this calamity.
So people are still being displaced even today? That's horrendous!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 May 17
@pgntwo That would be very frustrating to me. I hope they can get it all sorted by tomorrow. I imagine, however, that they've lost a lot of customers over this.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 May 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum At this time, I cannot see any cancellations for short-haul flights from Heathrow, so hopefully everyone and all aircraft are positioned appropriately. However, large numbers of bags/cases that had to be left behind will take a while longer to reunite with the respective owners, I suspect.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 May 17
could it be because of that terrorist attack in UK?
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
31 May 17
@ridingbet I'd rather not know - but I hope the powers that be do know! 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
31 May 17
@pgntwo terrorists have their own quarters to communicate about the attacks that they do.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
29 May 17
Things happen due to human error and now we know many things happen due to electronics, equipment, etc. Should there always be someone there to take the blame? Maybe not @pgntwo
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
30 May 17
I think I missed most of the news this weekend. I certainly glossed over this snippet, anyway!
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