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Old 11th Jun 2009, 15:53
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A300-600r

I flew on G-MONR a few years ago their a great aircraft and very spacious, how long do you think that Monarch will keep them for. What are Monarch going to do next year when G-DIMB goes back to Tommy Cook.
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Old 11th Jun 2009, 16:48
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I flew on G-OJMR (same aircraft type) only two weeks ago. Excellent flights but I would not say they are spacious from the passenger point of view. The word 'cosy' springs to mind.

The A300-605 have given good service to Monarch over the years and were once described by the MD of Monarch as 'Cash Cows'.
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Old 11th Jun 2009, 18:58
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I've flown on a couple of MONs A300s. Spacious ???
You must be joking, are you 4 foot tall?
The last time I had a "comfortable" flight with Monarch it was a B720
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Old 11th Jun 2009, 19:11
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Always found Monarch A320/321 to be very comfortable even the 'standard' seats.
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The A300- 600 a great a/c?? your having a giraffe mate , there a nightmare, i had the unhappy task of trying to keep the sheds servicable up to quite recently , the quicker monarch scrap them and replace them with A330,s or 767,s the better, they are without doubt worst a/c its ever been my misfortune to work on.
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Old 13th Jun 2009, 09:42
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I couldn't agree with you more, i was on the flt deck of G-MAJS when the #2 eng failed on rotation out of Larnaca in 95. Calls from the rear of the cabin that the wing was on fire, i thought my days were over. generally a nice aircraft to fly on but not to work on.
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Old 13th Jun 2009, 12:28
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Just been on the news and teletext, that there is deffo going to be a walk out at Monarch in July, can anyone confirm if that is true? Have a holiday to worry about, lol!
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c.r.m what is it

I've checked news, teletext and internet, yet can find anything mentioning a definite strike. I thought the ballot wasn't till July anyway.
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Old 13th Jun 2009, 13:42
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As i understand it only a minority of CC are union members so even if they do walk ot the majority will not, however im sure it wont come to that, im flying with monarch in july and have no worries whatsoever
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Arrgh so you're THE engineer then!

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Old 13th Jun 2009, 19:02
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What is the problem with working on the A300 then?
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Old 14th Jun 2009, 15:35
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The problem.....let's say the problemsss
Very cramped...361 pax, no legroom, tiny galleys so no space to store stuff, only 6 toilets with tiny tanks so they are always full/blocked and the smell...
Reliability....umm. But yes they are Monarch most profitable aircrafts.
Pb: the late arrival of the dream on liners which were meant to replace the A300s. So Monarch have to keep the fat piggies going. They are just a nightmare to work on.
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Lets just hope Monarch can do some kind of deal in the meantime with Boeing for replacement aircraft, thus enabling these urine reeking fossils to be cut up, a fate they richly deserve.
I would hasten to add im a great fan of the spotty m i consider their ZB service and the a/c first rate, but why they continue to inflict the misery that is the A300-600 on their long haul customers is beyond me , my father in law flew with them to Goa on a 600 and was so traumatised by the experiance and he has vowed never to use monarch again
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Anyone know why the aircraft change on ZB737 20 Jun and what this is switched to?
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Lets just hope Monarch can do some kind of deal in the meantime with Boeing for replacement aircraft, thus enabling these urine reeking fossils to be cut up, a fate they richly deserve.
I'm sure they would make lovely freighters for someone out there

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Lets just hope Monarch can do some kind of deal in the meantime with Boeing for replacement aircraft
Or Airbus.
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I have heard their looking at two bmi 330 ,s how true that is i wouldnt like to say howerver i think im right in saying they were they were doing longhaul out of manchester they were maintained by monarch engineers not bmi for some reason
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colegate, what did you think you were flying on?
You are on a B757 which is what was planned for the summer program all along.
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Looks like Monarch will continue to have Air Finland and Astraeus flying for them for most of the summer as they have decided not to go ahead with the purchase of the other ex Easy/GB A321 G-TTIG (provisionally regsitered as G-OZBV).

Maybe a wise move to be conservative with cash flow at the moment and especially as it most likely won't be needed over the winter and possibly into next year.
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"partyboy_uk", they were never going to buy G-TTIG, so no cash saving on cash flow as you put it.
It was always going to be a lease from a third party as Easyjet were selling it to a leasing company and Monarch were going to lease it from them.
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