Fair play fella, the food on Monarch was fine(better than the over priced crap we serve) LoCo have to make the savings somewhere and cabin refurbs is well down the list of priority, safety is of course regulated in, but C checks are a case of the legal minimum rather than the much more expensive approach of if it worn replace it as opposed to if its worn but in limits leave it! i have seen tyre and brake unit changes with less than 6 cycles after a C check!!
I went on a charter flight to the Italian Lakes a couple of years back and on the return at Verona a bmi 321 was our flight, i was first up the rear stairs and it looked like something out of a starship enterprise movie with condensing cool air flowing from the overhead vent meeting the warm humid air, soft lighting and mode music gave it that wow factor
These days i can't run the APU with out a note from the boss and its got to Betty Swallocks hot, music nope we'd have performing rights to pay, still you get what you pay for at £29.99 or nearer £90 with a case and taxes.
But this is what the UK is becoming, never mind the quality feel the price, i just some one would set up an airline that promised to be the best not cheap with clean well dressed and English speaking crew, who when asked what wine do you have on board? can answer other than Red or White, where the floor is not covered in crumbs and half eaten cheese biscuits and the toilets don't smell like the ones in the Old Ball on a Friday night
Simonchowder, ur right Duc Tape isn't an acceptable fix in the cabin, but until punters vote with their feet, i guess nothing will change
Good night the Face