I'm interested in this one, as I was on this aircraft a couple of times last month.
Firstly flagging up that I am pax, not aviation in any way.
From the perspective of what I paid for it was a rubbish product, and I have written to Monarch to express my dissatisfaction. Although there is no reason that an old well maintained aircraft should present any greater degree of risk its not impressive to turn up and find a 24 yr old 300 that has seen better days. That's a separate matter.
I had no problem with the operation of the flight which from my limited pax perspective seemed fine.
Have I got anything to say that is relevant to this incident? I don't think so, except to note that on the flights I was on reverse was never used on landing. Whether this was operational or because it was inoperative I couldn't say. I've no idea whether you could defer reverser issues (if they were present) this long anyway as it was a month ago when I travelled.
Last edited by Groundbased; 21st Sep 2012 at 18:17.