It doesn't matter if it's serious or not. If it can't be deferred, it has to be fixed. Can't really fly with an overhead bin, so either they fix it, or get it taped shut.

I'm glad you knew what the issues were. I had one last week where we took a 1-hour delay for a "mechanical issue" and all the captain said was that we are cleared to go and after talking to the Company, we are confident the plane is safe to fly.

He didn't say what the issue was, and I observed an off-duty pilot go to the cockpit to confer with the pilots up there. The aircraft had been assigned to a flight nearly 24 hours earlier at a hub and had been swapped after not being able to be repaired for 7 hours.

That didn't really instill a lot of confidence.