Flight delay and cancellation compensation, Flybe ONLY

Indeed, Regulation 261/2004 paragraph 14 states:
" As under the Montreal Convention, obligations on operating air carriers should be limited or excluded in cases where an event has been caused by extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken. Such circumstances may, in particular, occur in cases of political instability, meteorological conditions incompatible with the operation of the flight concerned, security risks, unexpected flight safety shortcomings and strikes that affect the operation of an operating air carrier.

Just received this update from Flybe:

Your EU261/2004 claim

We are writing to update you on Flybe’s position with your claim, as promised in our last correspondence.
We confirmed previously that we have been continuing to review claims for compensation under EU 261/2004 where a defence of "extraordinary circumstances" potentially applies.
As set out in our last letter to you, a request for a ruling has been submitted to the European Court of Justice and the outcome of this will provide the airline industry and passengers with clarity as to whether a technical delay or cancellation could constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’.
The English Courts are still considering how claims are dealt with in light of that request to the European Court of Justice. We hope that the position will be clarified further within the next 8-10 weeks and we will be in touch, once the English Court's position is clear, to advise how your claim will be taken forward.
We do appreciate that some time may now have elapsed since your claim was notified to us. Please be assured that if you have notified your claim to Flybe within the required time period, your claim will not become ‘timed out’ as a result of waiting for the English Courts to confirm whether claims should be stayed, pending the outcome of the above reference to the European Court of Justice. As you have received this letter we can confirm that we still hold your details on file and there is no further need to contact us. Flybe will continue to update you on your claim and we anticipate this to be next on the 02 April 2015.


Any thoughts? I'm guessing LBA time...

I got exactly the same email today. -_-

Getting so fed up with Flybe.

msnigella wrote: »

Just received this update from Flybe:

Your EU261/2004 claim

We are writing to update you on Flybe’s position with your claim, as promised in our last correspondence.
We confirmed previously that we have been continuing to review claims for compensation under EU 261/2004 where a defence of "extraordinary circumstances" potentially applies.
As set out in our last letter to you, a request for a ruling has been submitted to the European Court of Justice and the outcome of this will provide the airline industry and passengers with clarity as to whether a technical delay or cancellation could constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’.
The English Courts are still considering how claims are dealt with in light of that request to the European Court of Justice. We hope that the position will be clarified further within the next 8-10 weeks and we will be in touch, once the English Court's position is clear, to advise how your claim will be taken forward.
We do appreciate that some time may now have elapsed since your claim was notified to us. Please be assured that if you have notified your claim to Flybe within the required time period, your claim will not become ‘timed out’ as a result of waiting for the English Courts to confirm whether claims should be stayed, pending the outcome of the above reference to the European Court of Justice. As you have received this letter we can confirm that we still hold your details on file and there is no further need to contact us. Flybe will continue to update you on your claim and we anticipate this to be next on the 02 April 2015.


Any thoughts? I'm guessing LBA time...

Hey I am just wondering what you're planning on doing next? Thank you