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No. Most Monarch pilots aren't type approved to fly 737's and O'Leary is too tight to pay for them to be trained up.
The Monarch pilots should be OK as there's a lot of demand for pilots at the moment. Ground staff/cabin crew not so much.
Mate's an Aer Lingus pilot - he posted that they were holding one hour sessions all day yesterday for Monarch pilots who could fly Airbuses. Didn't take long to pick the corpse clean.
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They interviewed the CEO of Monarch on the radio this morning. He mentioned that they had been working with other potential employers to try to secure work for their departing staff, and had set up sessions for various different roles (e.g. pilots). Perhaps he was putting a bit of a spin on it but it nonetheless sounded like a positive step in an otherwise unhappy situation.
boristrump
No. Most Monarch pilots aren't type approved to fly 737's and O'Leary is too tight to pay for them to be trained up.
The Monarch pilots should be OK as there's a lot of demand for pilots at the moment. Ground staff/cabin crew not so much.