Indeed, aviation is full of uncertainty. However, taking off to any airport with very high temperatures with an APU INOP, is not a good idea (euphemism). "It never rains, but it pours" as the English saying goes.
MAD had its problems, too, and both combined, turned this flight into one never to forget for the pax and cc.
SN now has German top managers, including the COO if I am not mistaken. Forgive my sarcasm, but everything should have improved by now, no ?
I admit that I am not following everything in aviation always closely, but, and correct me if I am wrong, there seems to have been an accumulation of technical incidents at SN which make me wonder, if
I am going to continue to try and give my preference to SN. In another field, less important than safety, I would like to add that the announced upgrade in European Business class catering, is just a PR announcement. Yes, things have changed, but not improved.