Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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I think it was a standard config of 179Y, which is one seat less than they cram into an A320 these days, although at the end I see Monarch had reduced it to 174Y.
All the outstations were self manoeve in those days, and there must've been room to park side by side at Mikonos. I was 'excused' Mikonos, being non-training. Funny thing, we stopped going there shortly after.
Naples was max range for the One-Eleven, and it was even more fun trying to get back, where every degree Celsius less and one knot of headwind more was vitally important. Monarch's first female first officer, substantially experienced on the One-Eleven, having flown them with Air Pacific, had the water injection quit shortly after V1, taking off from Naples. Quote: "The next couple of minutes of just about flying were jolly exciting!"