Having had some connection professionally with Monarch on the flying side, whilst I wouldn’t say it is a ‘job for life’, once you join the family, you tend to stay long-term. I understand that is also true of the admin and support staff. A thousand redundancies is going to be a huge hit to the bottom line on redundancy pay-outs that is why I really am sceptical of any figures until a formal announcement. A troubling time for all staff and not helped by newspaper 'leaks'!