Well, as for the recent negative comments about MON, my family and I have used MON many times over the last 16 years and every flight has been a pleasure. The only delay was on a 321 out of LTN due to a slat retraction problem, which was fixed in an hour. Crew and ground staff have always been most professional and friendly. However, I've never flown out of MAN so can't comment on the operation there.
Given the choice, as pax I'd take a 757 over a 320/321 any day. Amazing t/o performance and more comfortable. Pity they won't be around for much longer.