thanks - just kicking myself as, if I had thought, I should have tried to see if they could have moved us to IAD-EWR-EDI but nothing was even suggested apart from puting us on the later flight...and the earlier flight is also still here "awaiting aircraft"..don't know if this is the norm but is seems rather chaotic here (the CDG passengers have been told their aircraft cannot go TATL so will take them to EWR then they will swap planes)