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A lot of the EU consumer protection laws are actually financial compensation door stops in favour of big corps. (lemmy.ml)
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When the EU law says you are due 600€ for missing a flight, that also means you are due only 600€ for missing a flight, no matter what. Doesn't matter if you missed out on the job of a lifetime, or if you weren't present for your father's last breath. It's so disingenuous how they craft a narrative of citizens/consumers first, but in end effect, the only ones who have the ear of von der Leyen and the rest of the EC are the lobbyists. Metsola is the head of the EP and she's the biggest corporate stooge to ever walk this planet.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, what do you expect? If you miss a flight and lose a possible job, it doesn’t mean you were guaranteed that job and require compensation of the equivalent.

Lose out on a €100k/year job, do you expect to be compensated that? For some indefinite amount of time? What if you wouldn’t get the job in the first place?

Missing out on your father’s last breath because of a flight issue - how much would you value that? Likely it is impossible to put a financial figure against it.

So what do you expect?