Passengers on Thomas Cook flight TCX9641 from Menorca were told to expect an eight-hour wait while an engineer was flown out from the UK. Then a passenger identified himself as an aircraft engineer and fixed the problem himself — so the plane landed in Glasgow only 35 minutes late:
A spokeswoman for Thomas Cook said the company followed strict procedures to ensure the man was qualified to work on the aircraft, a Boeing 757-200, during the incident on Saturday.The passenger worked for another airline, Thomsonfly, which has a reciprocal maintenance agreement with Thomas Cook.
I’d be inclined to trust an engineer who was going to fly on the plane with me.