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Old 28th May 2009, 13:00
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TartinTon & CSman

I have never considered myself a 'Scargill throwback', I thought then as I do now that his tactics were wrong but even Iain McGregor has admitted that ultimately Scargill was right. It has also emerged recently that Thatcher was on the verge of conceding, it was only certain Tory grandees who cajoled her into not doing so. But that is history.

You are correct, I am not the MD nor have I had a look at the books, have you? One can only go from outward appearances and Monarch seem to be doing very well, comparitivly (please note), expanding fleet, fleet renewal etc. If it was your neighbour you would think he had come up on the lottery.

As I stated, it is all too easy to cry 'Hard times' and tell those with the begging bowl to go away, ignoring the rise in cost of living, however companies do make money even in a recession, some do very well out of it and they just happen to be the lower end of the market - step forward Monarch. I stand to be correct but I don't think EZY or Jet2 have slipped into loss, I will ignore FR who screwed up the fuel.

As to Unite's actions, as far as I am aware they have not said they WILL ballot for action, indeed it is every T Unionists desire to avoid strike, that is why negotiations are sought but neither can they ignore companies saying 'Go away, we're not talking, we're skint'. As has been rightly pointed out, no-one has seen the books.

So this moderate, non-Scargillite T Unionists stands by what he posted.

CSman, you state you fought in a certain time and place. I am presuming you chose them, perhaps this generation should be allowed that same luxury or the option to reject it without a previous generation shouting advice, or otherwise, from the sidelines. And I write that respectfully.

Could I also point out that a company saying they are skint is a company I would have second thoughts of booking tickets with.
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Old 31st May 2009, 14:15
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Pre-allocated Seats

Just looking to book some flights with Mon and notice that the online seating plan for the A321 has some seats 'greyed out' and marked as 'Fleetblocked'.

Can anyone tell me what this means and its reason ?

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Old 31st May 2009, 20:32
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If they are flights from Manchester, it might be because the 2 recent and the one awaiting delivery from Easyjet have less seats fitted than the normal A321 config.
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Mr @ Spotty M

Mr @ Spotty M, thanks for the info. yes they are Man flights

I assume these are the Ex-GB Airways A321's so should have 31" seat pitch

will Monarch re-fit these at some point to the same seating plan as the rest of the fleet ?



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Old 1st Jun 2009, 08:51
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Some long European destinations require double crew if leaving very early in the morning. The seat blocked may be for the inbound crew. That happens for instance on the ZB LCA.
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Old 1st Jun 2009, 09:50
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Some long European destinations require double crew if leaving very early in the morning. The seat blocked may be for the inbound crew. That happens for instance on the ZB LCA.
Really? Which Monarch base does that happen from? Is that just for flight deck crew or cabin crew as well?
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Old 1st Jun 2009, 16:42
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In answer to "greatoaks" yes, after the summer season l understand.
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I see that Monarch are struggling for aircraft at the moment, do you think that they will purchase anymore aircraft like a 757 or something.
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Monarch are only struggling for a/c at the moment because they are two A321s down for the planned summer fleet.
One is still on "C" check, due out middle of next week and "ZBV" from Easyjet still has not had its lease signed yet.
So in the mean time sub leases from Air Finland and BMI are taking place.
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Old 6th Jun 2009, 17:39
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Monarch At Newcastle

I was wondering where the A330-200 which comes in to Newcastle Airport and departs to Orlando Sanford comes from in the morning? does anybody know?
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It positions in from Manchester at 07.30 as MON365P and then positions back out to Manchester at 06.40 as MON364P after the Sanford flight.

Hope this helps!
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Monarch are only struggling for a/c at the moment because they are two A321s down for the planned summer fleet.
One is still on "C" check, due out middle of next week and "ZBV" from Easyjet still has not had its lease signed yet.
So in the mean time sub leases from Air Finland and BMI are taking place.

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I think MON should have kept ND & NE longer to allow for the schedules?

Now they are having to sub others from elsewhere.
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Old 8th Jun 2009, 19:12
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Flew on the Air Finland

757 to Alicante last week.

A little old but bags of room and "full" service. Free (soft) drinks and meals. Made a nice change actually . .
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Difficult to keep a/c that you do not own.
"NB" & "NE" were sold to Fedex a few years back and had slots for conversion booked.
Now "NC" & "ND" were also sold a few years back, but we could have had the leases extended, but costs were looked at for the checks that were coming up and the decision was made to end leases when due.
Hope to have the ex "C" check in service from LGW on Thursday.
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Any truth in the rumour mon are close to buying two more trent powered A330.s?
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Old 9th Jun 2009, 21:31
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Any truth in the rumour mon are close to buying two more trent powered A330.s?
I have no idea but I do know they have been weighing up their options for long haul aircraft due to the very late arrival of their B787's which will be mid 2013 at the earliest.
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option of fitting refueling probes to miss piggy now she having her 20 year check these at least another 10 years life. That or the biomass fuel cell run from the toilets....
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Which Monarch aircraft is miss piggy.
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Miss Piggy = A300-600R.
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In future however at Gordon's request, they will be known as Traceys.
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