British Airways Sucks but you can seek redress when they fail to deliver

Have you been abused by British Airways?

Modern air travel is stressful enough without the abuse that some airlines inflict on passengers. If you are a legitimate victim of airline abuse and reasonable attempts at redress have been ignored or refused by the airline, I encourage you to submit a complaint via the CEDR to send a clear message to the airline that this behaviour will not be tolerated. The process is free if you are successful or £25 if you are unsuccessful. Please let me know about your success stories!

Legal Advice

If you need legal help, I haven't used Bott & Co Solicitors personally but they have some good advice on their website about claiming compensation from airlines and have a no-win no-fee no-risk guarantee.

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution

08 February 2017

I received some good news today from a passenger who submitted a claim via the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution after British Airways incorrecly stopped her boarding her flight.

The passenger was able to complete the first leg of her journey on an alternative airline but was let down yet again on the return journey as British Airways had classed their initial failure as a "No Show" and cancelled her return flight.

After many months of struggle, the CEDR Airline Adjudicator has finally found in my favour. BA did an about turn and did not defend its indefensible behaviour. The outcome is well worth the extra effort.
BA Passenger

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution independently resolves disputes between passengers and subscribing airlines including British Airways (since June 2016).

Successful claims are free. Unsuccessful claimants are charged £25 presumably to minimise frivolous claims.

I'd love to hear about other success stories whether passengers used the CEDR or not.

High Court Judge Stood Aside from British Airways Case

31 July 2015

Even a High Court Judge can't get a straight answer from British Airways about lost luggage.

Judge Peter Smith was apparently so irate about his own lost luggage, he threatened to order British Airways’s Chief Executive to the court to explain why a whole plane load of luggage could go missing.

The BA legal team didn't think it was appropriate for the Judge to be raising a personal grievance while presiding over an unrelated £3billion case and Judge Smith was removed from the case.

You can read more about this story on the Daily Mail and Telegraph websites.

This is the Judge I'd wan't presiding over any legal battle with BA!

More on Aerotoxic Syndrome

28 January 2015

Former airline cabin crew Dee and Tania were interviewed on the Richie Allen Show this week about the very real dangers of aerotoxic syndrome which the airlines don't seem to be taking seriously.

This is not only an issue for cabin crew and pilots but for all airline passengers on commercial aircraft except maybe on the Boeing 787 which is the only commercial passenger aircraft that does not ventilate the cabin with bleed air.

It seems likely that sooner or later the airlines will face massive damages claims and will be forced to pay compensation to affected passengers and crew.

For more on aerotoxic syndrome see https://aerotoxic.org and http://www.toxicfreeairlines.com.

You can also read the recently released book by John Hoyte, "Aerotoxic Syndrome: Aviation’s Darkest Secret" and watch out for the upcoming movie, "A Dark Reflection".

Passenger vs British Airways: Legal Help Required

10 December 2014

We have recently been contacted by a passenger who is taking legal action against British Airways and needs help.

If other BA passengers can share their experience about unreasonable delays particularly where BA claim staff sickness was a contributing factor, this could be very useful.

The passenger needs to stay anonymous at this stage for legal reasons but information emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. will be promptly forwarded.

Ideally, information is needed within the next week (i.e. before the middle of December 2014).

Hopefully I will have more to report on this story at some stage in future.

Update: The passenger won his case and hopefully I will have more details to report on this later.