It is looking grim. I agree with Old King Coal . I was at AE for 12 years and packing my US clothes for the first MD11 course. Instead I wound up on the New Joiners Course for Dole & Income Support. Many of us, like OKC will be reminded of our own experiences. Eagle, Court, Laker, Channel , Oh and glorious Invicta. I was the first candidate for their sponsored pilot training programme and told to wait three months for developments. They went bust and I carried on loading bags at LGW for BUA. Look, sad, sickening experiences and all of us wish better times for our Monarch colleagues. It is not the fall but the getting up that will see you all re-establishing yourselves quickly.
A painful reminder that as Commercial Pilots, we are licensed by our Regulatory Authorities to operate for hire/reward. Stay loyal to the licensing Authority and not to what is painted on the side of an aircraft.