"why exactly are the airlines expected to be reimbursing people's hotels, meals and everything else when the governments are the ones who made a balls of this?" Well, as member of the public with no special knowledge of the airline industry, let me answer your question Mr O'Leary. Your company normally makes several hundred million euros a year from the travelling public. Some of that money comes from charging families hundreds of euros to carry their luggage. Or for needing a drink of water. Soon some of it will come from charging them to go to the toilet to get rid of your water. In the business and legal environment in which you operate - i.e. a company based in Ireland subject to European regulation - all players have to abide by some minimum standards of behaviour. One of those standards is that if your company fails to provide a service, the costs incurred by individual customers for the delay or alternative transport should be borne by your company, not t...