Of course I appreciate the need to make safety annoucements, but the way this was done ( ad nausseum) my lasting memory of the flt was...don't this, don't that, can't this, can't that, over & over again.......oh & we almost forgot, thanks for flying Monarch.
I just felt the pax were made to feel an inconvenience for messing up a new aircraft by being there.
By the way Baby allocates seats at check-in too, HLX don't but I've yet to experience a "scrum" even on a full B737-700.
The MON food was pretty dull & the entertainment pretty much the same, paying twice the Baby price for a "free" G + T - is it worth it??
Good luck to the MON team, but glad to see at last there is real competition, yer pays yer money, yer makes ya choice.....