Unfortunately one cannot sue for damages if only your time was wasted. Even if one had to consume sick leave to cover missing work, there's no way to have the airline pay for the lost time. I'm reminded tangentially about the anecdote by Nicholas Negroponte, former head of the MIT Media Lab, when going through customs and being asked the value of his laptop. "Infinitely valuable" was his answer, since it contained all his work. If you hard drive crashes, well, should have had a backup (when will PC manufacturers just include mirrored drives as standard? when enough people demand it.)
Back in the olden times events such as this were known as "acts of God." Now that the establishment has killed God there's no satisfaction, because there will always be someone to blame. And often enough that person will be the Family Circus ghost "Not Me!"
Unfortunately one cannot sue for damages if only your time was wasted. Even if one had to consume sick leave to cover missing work, there's no way to have the airline pay for the lost time. I'm reminded tangentially about the anecdote by Nicholas Negroponte, former head of the MIT Media Lab, when going through customs and being asked the value of his laptop. "Infinitely valuable" was his answer, since it contained all his work. If you hard drive crashes, well, should have had a backup (when will PC manufacturers just include mirrored drives as standard? when enough people demand it.)
Back in the olden times events such as this were known as "acts of God." Now that the establishment has killed God there's no satisfaction, because there will always be someone to blame. And often enough that person will be the Family Circus ghost "Not Me!"
That sneaky “Not Me!” poltergeist sure did get around.