Monarch - 3
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Been waiting as a pax for this flight since 6am. Got our first explanation from Monarch at about 17.25, they report metal has been found in engine oil and a sample has been sent away for examination. Plane is currently parked outside the maintenance building. We still do not know if we are travelling today or not. If not, all local hotels are booked and it is a coach to Liverpool for the night.
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The inbound LCA into BHX is now over 25 hours late 
Air Italy B767 I-AIGI was subbed in today to operate to PMI & Germania A319 D-AHIM is being subbed in tomorrow.
As far as I know Monarch have an excellent engineering dept. (MAEL) Guess they're just being unlucky at the moment. The charter airlines seems to have their fair share of delays at some time or another!
Air Italy B767 I-AIGI was subbed in today to operate to PMI & Germania A319 D-AHIM is being subbed in tomorrow.
Let's hope monarch don't end up having a nasty accident due to all these issues
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The thing is luck isn't enough when it comes to an Airline...
And there are so many other airlines who never seem to have this many issues. I can't recall the last time I saw a thomson for example going faulty.
Mind you there was a Flightradar 7700 alert earlier, A german condor 757-300 was enroute from Duseldorf to Agadir earlier, It ended up landing at Nuremburg.
Now I'm no pilot but his rate of descent must have been extreme as he want from flight level 330 and landed at Nuremburg but when he was at 330 it wasn't that far north at all. Im guessing it was some kind of technical issue.
The distance when it came through on the app was so close I though he would carry on further south.
And there are so many other airlines who never seem to have this many issues. I can't recall the last time I saw a thomson for example going faulty.
Mind you there was a Flightradar 7700 alert earlier, A german condor 757-300 was enroute from Duseldorf to Agadir earlier, It ended up landing at Nuremburg.
Now I'm no pilot but his rate of descent must have been extreme as he want from flight level 330 and landed at Nuremburg but when he was at 330 it wasn't that far north at all. Im guessing it was some kind of technical issue.
The distance when it came through on the app was so close I though he would carry on further south.
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How do you know TOM don't have tech problems? They have the luxury of standby aircraft and the ability to protect their programme in the event of tech issues.
Flightrider 7700 doesn't tell you everything.
How do you know TOM don't have tech problems? They have the luxury of standby aircraft and the ability to protect their programme in the event of tech issues.
Flightrider 7700 doesn't tell you everything.
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As you say, a lot of the charter companies are having tech issues at the moment. It just effects Monarch more due to the tightly packed schedule they have short haul, and the fact that they only have 2 330's for long haul does not give much cover there either.
At CWL the other day, a TOM inbound from AYT was delayed for over 28 hours, and yesterday i think a TCX went tech for around 6 hours, so it happens to all. As i say its just purely unlucky and hopefully nothing bad will happen !
At CWL the other day, a TOM inbound from AYT was delayed for over 28 hours, and yesterday i think a TCX went tech for around 6 hours, so it happens to all. As i say its just purely unlucky and hopefully nothing bad will happen !
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Fair point I guess . Just the Monarch one was unlucky enough to make the news last week . And now with this other one seems a bad couple of weeks .
But the fact remains Thom(p)son 757 AOG last week. 
punters will like that
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Not sure I understand ? Care to elaborate...
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