Well said Mesh. I was/am lucky (still hopefully) to be employed by Monarch via CTC a long while ago.
I could quite easily have ended up at Easy/Jet2 etc and would no doubt have been quite happy there too.
As regards to ex Easyjet pilots that have joined Monarch over the last couple of years. I've personally found all of them very well trained/capable and nice. The only thing they really ever moaned about was the flexicrew situation. They have generally said that Easy was a better organised company, but monarch was a much better company to work for (in their experience).
I have friends who work at Easy and the only thing they really moaned about was the flexicrew situation.
The easyjet pilots for easyjet planes obviously backs up these frustrations.
We all want to be treated, at the very least, that we belong to the organisation that we are working hard for.