Thanks Scandic, I suppose problems like this will arise more and more often with these elderly a/c what are they 21 / 22 years old now?, a friend and his family was on the PMI flight this morning and called me a short time ago and said there would have been enough room on an A321 and that the a/c is showing its age and is ready for retirement or a make over, I think he said it was MONR, unfortunately he said he will never book Monarch again as this is the third time he has used them and the third time they have been delayed by an hour or more, he said the staff at MAN where totally useless, the a/c was waiting with crew on board but they where not allowed to board, when he asked they just shrugged their shoulders and told to wait. These two a/c problems do not explain why other flights are still being delayed either.
Seems a bit strange that the longest delays seem to be with Monarch.
Oh well lets hope our flights will be on time although with monarch's reputation I doubt it.