Let me move on to another situation. I worked on an assembly line in a factory. I've pulled work refusals for unsafe circumstances. If I happen to be a member of a ground crew, not related to the airline or the air carrier, and I pull a work refusal because the area out on the ground may be unsafe for me working there, and that causes a delay for the airline, is it the airline's fault? In other words, should they have to pay compensation for something that's a bona fide safety issue for somebody's health and safety, but is unrelated to the responsibility of the air carrier? Is that a fair thing to ask the airline carrier to pay compensation for?
On November 18th, 2009. See this statement in context.