no surprise sadly
the CAA have been watching Monarch and their ability (or not) to be able to renew ts bond for the next year which was obvious to the CAA, and most likely the MON Directors right until the last minute they would not be able to.
trying for a last ditch attempt in past few weeks at a view to restructuring the airline hence all the wibble about a new ''long haul'' airline was just watching the last life boats being launched which failed to procure any investors
the vast repatriation plans are rather like the funeral arrangement's for the likes of the HM The Queen Mother -
its all planned well in advance for such a failure