Can you sue Air France in the US for delay under EU regulation?

[dubh35]

The EU has regulations in place that apply to any flight that departs or lands in the EU. This would apply to my Air France flight that was canceled due to pilot unavailability. AF claims that this is merely a delay, although the flight took off 24h later than it should have.

My question: Can I sue them in small claims court for the compensation stated in the EU regulation or in other words, can I enforce a EU law in the US?

Thanks so much!

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_261/2004
Excerpt: Furthermore, in the joined cases of Sturgeon v Condor, and Bock v Air France (C-402/07 and C-432/07),[3] the Fourth Chamber of the European Court of Justice held on 19 November 2009 that despite no express provision in the Regulation to compensate passengers for delay, passengers are now entitled to the compensation as set out in Article 8 for any delay in excess of three hours providing the air carrier cannot raise a defence of "extraordinary circumstances".

[jabarl]

you will have to sue them overseas.

[emilek17]

Everyone is sue happy, get on the train, or er, plane.

[gofraidh34]

Everyone is sue happy, get on the train, or er, plane.

You can not use US courts, especially small claims court, to sue under the laws of another country.