But if monarch are laying off 200 odd pilots as rumours on here have said if they have sold an airframe to jet2 then why not provide the crew to operate it as part of the deal.
Scope/SLI issues: does Jet2 management recognize such niceties? Acquiring airframes along with crew could be something of a minefield. But it's the land of Little Britain - so perhaps buying lift along with crew isn't an insurmountable stumbling block.