If the worst does happen at baby, one crumb of comfort should be that Jet2 has huge expansion plans for East Midlands. Furthermore, rumours of a new Birmingham base are reaching fever pitch.
They'll need to recruit both Captains and FOs. Anyone who is type rated and based locally are going to be at the very front of the recruitment queue (along with the ex-military chaps, of course)
I was up in Glasgow recently operating a flight and spoke to one of the cabin crew who said that the base was full of ex-Globespan staff (pilots, cabin crew, ground staff). We have the old Globespan crew room and apparently if you look at the faces in there, its almost as if Globespan never went under!