I am glad to hear that First Choice have been informing passengers ( or some at least ) of the expected aircraft unavailability, the family I took to the airport on day of travel to Sanford were actually looking forward to the trip and I was looking forward to picking them up and finding out how good the flight was in respect to the other charter flights we have had together accross to Sanford.
In respect to a days work to refit a 757 and i would think that they had more than the two days notice that they have for the TCS charters.. This transatlantic flight for a 757 was not a one-off they were using it for a few flights so they could have kept the aircraft in a decent seat pitch config. couldnt they ?
I aint knocking FCA, I think their new long haul service is a breath of fresh air, good luck with it and i hope it grows from strength to strength, I just thought maybe they could have done a little more than they did on this occasion.