BA could have had the pick of over four hundred well trained annd highly experienced Airbus pilots if they had been quicker off the mark,
But another point would be that IMHO that is an easy criticism to make with the benefit of hindsight.
At the time Monarch went to the wall the BA hold pool, which contained a number of 320 rated pilots, appeared to be almost stagnant and BA didn’t see the need to leave the blocks, let alone be quicker off the mark than the likes of Virgin....