a court Madrid condemned ryanair It was decided to pay 1,836 euros to the two police officers who were not allowed to board the plane with them. weaponry, On 28 July 2022, he determined that the company had to compensate them for the moral damages they suffered, despite being on duty on a flight from Tenerife to the capital.
The capital’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the two agents and increased the amount Ryanair had to pay them for damages incurred due to the inability to board that flight.
Ryanair agreed to pay 1,436.86 euros, “thereby acknowledging the unfair nature of the decision not to board and the material damage”, but He refused to pay the 400 euros they demanded as non-pecuniary damage, realizing that the amount in question was not justified. and that in such cases it should be covered by the compensation provided for in the European regulation governing the rules on compensation.
A thesis that the magistrate does not share his sentence, that an appeal is possible and that EFE has access HE Supreme Court has determined that compensation for non-pecuniary damage can be given independently of the amounts determined in the aforementioned regulation in case of flight delays or cancellations.
According to the lawsuit, the agents on duty on 28 July went to the boarding gate and were not allowed to board the plane with guns, despite filling in the necessary documents to get into the cabin there. .
Both had to buy new tickets the next day “given the need to get to their destination due to their profession”.
“As there is no legal justification for the decision not to board the plane, it is clear that everything that has happened has forced passengers to endure the physical and mental fatigue of looking for other alternative flights, and as a result, it is clear.” anxiety about capsizing and the uncertainty it brings; have to bear unforeseen expenses, lose a day at the destination and spend a night in another city”.
It also adds that “as a result of the accused’s wrongful actions,” the agents “are compelled to file a lawsuit and follow a judicial procedure until the verdict, which is fraught with moral damages only.”
Lawyers for agents Manuel Chamorro and Ignacio Aznar, who represent the Jupol police unit, consider it “abusive practice”. by the company, even when police “carry all regulatory documents and limit themselves to performing a service.”